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A fast-paced biography of the founder of the U.S. Air Force

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
1. "A Fair Foundation"
2. "No Decision on the Ground . . . before a Decision in the Air"
3. "Everything on a Broad Basis and High Plane"
4. The First Campaign: "Make Them either 'Fish or Cut Bait'"
5. "The First Line of Offense"
6. The Second Campaign: "Treasonable Administration of the National Defense"
7. "It is Difficult to Get Them Stirred Up"
8. "The End of a Long and Tortuous Road"
Epilogue: An Interpretation
Appendix: Additional Insights
Abbreviations Appearing in Notes and Bibliography
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Alfred F. Hurley, Brigadier General, USAF (Ret.), is Professor of History and Chancellor/President Emeritus at the University of North Texas, and publisher of Air Power History, journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation. He lives in Denton, Texas.

Reviews

"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