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Author:

Engel, Jeffrey A.

Title:

Cold War at 30,000 feet : the Anglo-American fight for aviation supremacy / Jeffrey A. Engel.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xi, 351 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Technology and international affairs--History--20th century.
Aeronautics--History--History--20th century.
Aircraft industry--History--United States--History--20th century.
Aircraft industry--History--Great Britain--History--20th century.
United States--Foreign economic relations--Communist countries.
Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--Communist countries.
Cold War.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-333) and index.

Contents:

The arsenal of democracy versus British planning -- Selling Jets to Stalin -- Death by Nene -- Comet dreams -- A lead lost -- Approaching China -- The viscount conspiracy -- Aviation on the new frontier.

ISBN:

9780674024618 (alk. paper)
0674024613 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006049667

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

E7OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)