Technological Innovation and the Rise of Aviation, 1903-1941

Wings for the American Military
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-71107-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

This book provides an overview of American aviation from 1903 to 1941, covering major developments in aviation technology. It focuses on the role of the military and selected firms. Under the fiscal constraints imposed by the post-war military drawdown and the Great Depression, the US military sacrificed quantity aircraft procurement for gains in quality. Until foreign powers began huge rearmament programs, US military aircraft were some of the most advanced in the world. They held numerous international performance records before the US fell behind other powers that had gone on a war footing. It offers new insights into the contributions of immigrants and foreign technologies to American aviation, while examining the relationship between the government and the aviation industry. It also highlights factors that enabled America to field some of the war’s most advanced warplanes, which ultimately helped win the Second World War.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gross, Charles J.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 2: THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN MILITARYAERONAUTICS, 1903-1917.- Chapter 3: THE GREAT WAR: ENLISTING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN AMERICAN AVIATION, 1917-1918.- Chapter 4: ORGANIZING POSTWAR AVIATION, 1918-1926.- Chapter 5: A GOLDEN AGE OF INNOVATION, 1926-1938.- Chapter 6.-MOBILIZING FOR GLOBAL WAR, 1938-1941.- Chapter 7: EPILOGUE.

Über Autor(innen)

Charles J. Gross is a retired Air Force civilian historian. He has published widely on the history of American military aviation. He received a doctorate in Military History from The Ohio State University. Gross also served as an Air Force reserve officer from 1964 to 1994.