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Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy / Jenifer Van Vleck.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (370 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674726246
  • 9780674727328
Other title:
  • Aviation and the American ascendancy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HE9803 .E475 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall."
Subject: Jenifer Van Vleck's Empire of the Air reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the U.S. ascent to global preeminence in the twentieth century, as the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to deliver American power across the globe and sell the idea of the "American Century" to the public at home and abroad.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall."

Jenifer Van Vleck's Empire of the Air reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the U.S. ascent to global preeminence in the twentieth century, as the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to deliver American power across the globe and sell the idea of the "American Century" to the public at home and abroad.

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