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02374aam a2200373 i 4500 001 04E20E283F1811E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 181019s2019 ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2018050517 020 $a 147667549X 020 $a 9781476675497 035 $a (OCoLC)1032348969 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA23.6 J67 2019 100 1 $a Jordan, David M., $d 1935- $e author. 245 10 $a Robert A. Lovett and the Development of American Air Power / $c David M. Jordan. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2019] 300 $a viii, 259 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index. 505 0 $a Texas, New York, Pottstown, and New Haven -- The Yale Unit -- Off to Europe -- Back from the war -- To Washington -- Lovett goes to work -- The big problem -- Manpower issues -- Running the Air Force -- Keep 'em flying -- The Campaign for 1943 -- The war grinds on -- Moving onward -- To the end -- On to the State Department -- Working on the Marshall Plan -- Getting it all done -- The issue of Palestine -- On to Berlin: by air -- More problems -- Setting up NATO -- Back to Wall Street: for a while -- On to the Defense Department -- In Truman's Cabinet -- Out of the government, technically -- Times with Kennedy: and LBJ -- The later years. 520 $a "Robert Lovett grew up in Texas, went to Yale, and earned his wings as a naval air force hero in World War I. He played a key role in the development of the Army Air Force in World War II. His emphasis on strategic bombing was instrumental in defeating Hitler's Germany"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Lovett, Robert A. $q (Robert Abercrombie), $d 1895-1986. 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Defense $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Army Air Forces $x History. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Air power $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706020938.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=04E20E283F1811E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search