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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013

1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9780674726246 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780674050945 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Print version: Van Vleck, Jenifer. Empire of the air : aviation and the American ascendancy. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013 370 pages ISBN 9780674050945

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America’s lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall".

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(OCoLC)861199805