Emme eugene m editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. American Astronautical Society, San Diego, 1981. Third printing. Softcover. Very good. Sight wear to all edges and light scuff marks to rear cover. A clean, relatively tight copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xiv, 914 pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. References. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has some wear and soiling. Eugene M. Emme became the NASA chief historian in 1959 and served until his retirement in 1979. Previously he had been a historian with the Air University of the U.S. Air Force. The Eugene M. Emme Award is an award given annually to a person or persons selected by a panel of reviewers from the American Astronautical Society History Committee to recognize "the truly outstanding book published each year serving public understanding about the positive impact of astronautics upon society." The Impact of Air Power is an indispensable tool for the working library of the professional man or student of military and political affairs. A comprehensive yet judicious selection of the best that has been written and said about the exploitation of air space and the influence of air power on historical events; the book is unique. This work contains 118 items that discuss the Nature of Air Power, the Evolution of Air Power, the New Mobility, the Revolution in Warfare, Classical Theories of Air Warfare, World War II, the Lessons of World War II, Small Wars and Limited Military Operations, Aerospace Policy in National Security and World Politics, Soviet Air Policy, American air Policy, Air Power in Europe and Asia, Problems in Defense and Diplomacy, and Astronautics and the Future. Among the authors included are: James Spaight, George Fielding Eliot, Edward Mead Earle, Stefan Possony, Charles Lindbergh, Giulio Douhet, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell, Trenchard, de Seversky, Carl Spaatz, Omar Bradley, Adolf Galland, Hap Arnold, Erwin Rommel, Tedder, Otto Weyland, Hoyt Vandenberg, George Kenney, Edward Teller, Nathan Twining, Thomas White, Thomas Power, Raymond Garthoff, Herbert Dinerstein. Zhukov, Bernard Baruch, Stuart Symington, Thomas Finletter, Curtis LeMay, Arleigh Burke, John Slessor.…