Vleck, Jenifer Van (Author)
Harvard University Press
Physical Details: 370 pp.; ill.
Language: English
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".Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Political aspects -- United States. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Social aspects -- United States. Aeronautics and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Globalization. Aeronautics and state. Aeronautics, Commercial. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Political aspects. Aeronautics, Commercial -- Social aspects. Globalization. International relations. Gesellschaft. Globalisierung. Luftfahrt. Named Corp: Pan American World Airways, Inc. -- History. Pan American World Airways, Inc. Genre/Form: History. Time: 1900 - 1999 Geographic: United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. United States. USA.
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Review Erik Benson (June 2015) Review of "Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy". The Journal of Transport History (pp. 127-128).
Review Frank Schumacher (2015) Review of "Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 365-367).
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