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Autore |
Blazich Frank A., Jr. |
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Titolo |
"An honorable place in American air power" : Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol operations, 1942-1943 / / Frank A. Blazich, Jr |
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : Air University Press, , 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (1 color) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Air defenses - United States - History |
Civil defense - United States - History |
Anti-submarine warfare - United States - History |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Air defenses |
Anti-submarine warfare |
Civil defense |
History |
United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Origins of the Civil Air Patrol -- 3. Paukenschlag and the CAP Experiment -- 4. Learning and expansion -- 5. From Main to Mexico -- 6. Challenges and transitions -- 7. Past reflections and future possibilities. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Military historian and Civil Air Patrol (CAP) member Frank A. Blazich Jr. collects oral and written histories of the CAP's short-lived--but influential--coastal air patrol operations of World War II and expands it in a scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this vital civil-military cooperative effort"-- |
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