{"product_id":"billy-mitchell-crusader-for-air-power-9780253201805","title":"Billy Mitchell  Crusader for Air Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevered by many Americans as a martyr for his cause, Brigadier General William \"Billy\" Mitchell has been one of the least understood figures of modern military history. Here, he emerges as a man with a mission and a true pioneer of modern aviation, a man whose ideas about leadership in aerial operations inspire and instruct airmen and women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the best book--the most scholarly, the most judicial, the best written--about the intelligent, attractive, undiplomatic, quixotic Billy Mitchell, the legendary founder of today's United States Air Force.\" --Robert H. Ferrell, author of Harry S. Truman: A Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. \"A Fair Foundation\"\u003cbr\u003e2. \"No Decision on the Ground . . . before a Decision in the Air\"\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Everything on a Broad Basis and High Plane\"\u003cbr\u003e4. The First Campaign: \"Make Them either 'Fish or Cut Bait'\"\u003cbr\u003e5. \"The First Line of Offense\"\u003cbr\u003e6. The Second Campaign: \"Treasonable Administration of the National Defense\"\u003cbr\u003e7. \"It is Difficult to Get Them Stirred Up\"\u003cbr\u003e8. \"The End of a Long and Tortuous Road\"\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: An Interpretation\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Additional Insights\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations Appearing in Notes and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MH - Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036853993815,"sku":"9780253201805","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253201805.jpg?v=1750932758","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/billy-mitchell-crusader-for-air-power-9780253201805","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}