02706nam 2200613 a 450 991045922810332120200520144314.00-8173-8354-9(CKB)2670000000030201(EBL)547673(OCoLC)648711535(SSID)ssj0000459164(PQKBManifestationID)11295977(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000459164(PQKBWorkID)10460935(PQKB)10475810(MiAaPQ)EBC547673(MdBmJHUP)muse9146(Au-PeEL)EBL547673(CaPaEBR)ebr10408255(EXLCZ)99267000000003020120090805d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaster of the air[electronic resource] William Tunner and the success of military airlift /Robert A. SlaytonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1692-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Getting a mission -- Tunner's women pilots -- The Hump -- Tunner's men -- Buildup to destiny -- Blockade -- A cowboy operation -- Black Friday -- Solving problems -- Finding solutions -- Rebellion -- The test -- Korea -- Final battles. In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the US and the USSR began maneuvering into a series of dangerously hostile encounters. Trouble had broken out in Poland and Czechoslovakia, but it was in Germany, which had been at the heart of World Wars One and Two, that the first potentially explosive confrontation developed. The USSR, which had suffered more at Germany's hands than the rest of the Allies combined, may have viewed developments there with heightened fear and irritability. When the western GeneralsUnited StatesBiographyAirlift, MilitaryUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945BurmaBerlin (Germany)HistoryBlockade, 1948-1949United StatesHistory, Military20th centuryElectronic books.GeneralsAirlift, MilitaryHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945358.40092BSlayton Robert A1046510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459228103321Master of the air2473463UNINA