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Barcode30293102400988
LocationClark County
Call No940.544 Baim
TitleBird men : the rise of American airpower and the machine that ended World War II / A. J. Baime.
AuthorBaime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102400988940.544 Baim11/5/2026 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063411760 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0063411768 (hardcover)
Personal Name Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.
Title Statement Bird men : the rise of American airpower and the machine that ended World War II / A. J. Baime.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Mariner Books a part of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
Physical Description xiv, 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographic references (pages [339]-397) and index.
Summary, Etc. "Of all the feats of American ingenuity in World War II, perhaps none was as impressive in scale or vital to the Allied victory as the creation of American airpower. Just a few years before the start of World War II, the American military was stuck in the dark ages of aviation, with the U.S. Army's Air Corps mainly focused, not on combat, but on mail delivery. Fast forward to end of the war, and America had launched the most impressive flying machine the world had ever seen: the B-29 Superfortress, a weapon so essential to ending the war that its research and development process cost more than the Manhattan Project. Now A. J. Baime, one of our foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century history, returns with the story of this remarkable turnaround, detailing the creation of the Superfortress and how U.S. General Hap Arnold made the rise of American airpower a reality."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Corporate Name United States. Army Aviation.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Aeronautics, Military History. United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term B-29 (Bomber) Design and construction History.

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