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1 online resource |
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Introduction: the Russian in the Russian context -- The Russian ace in the Great War -- Revolutionary changes -- The Russian test pilot and consultant in America -- The Russian inventor -- The Russian inventor becomes an American designer -- The innovative designer -- The P-35 manufacturer -- Troubled times -- The P-35 manufacturer loses his company -- The making of an air power prophet -- Prophet of air power -- Victory through air power -- The prophet at home and abroad -- The prophet challenged -- Return of the media personality -- The futurist |
| Summary |
Today, air power is a vital component of the U.S. armed forces. James Libbey, in Alexander P. de Seversky and the Quest for Air Power, highlights the contributions of an aviation pioneer who made much of it possible. Graduating from the Imperial Russian Naval Academy at the start of World War I, de Seversky lost a leg in his first combat mission. He still shot down thirteen German planes and became the empire's most decorated combat naval pilot. While serving as a naval attache in the United States in 1918, de Seversky elected to escape the Bolshevik Revolution and offered his services as a p |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974.
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De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974
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De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974 |
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Aeronautical engineers -- United States -- Biography
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Air power -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Aeronautical engineers
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Aeronautics, Military
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Air power
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United States
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013008387 |
| ISBN |
9781612341804 |
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1612341802 |
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