02721nam 2200589 450 991078778390332120230803031715.01-61234-180-2(CKB)2670000000431649(PromptCat)99955638585(MH)013815371-X(SSID)ssj0001001477(PQKBManifestationID)12460828(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001477(PQKBWorkID)10967314(PQKB)11131790(OCoLC)858282657(MdBmJHUP)muse32138(MiAaPQ)EBC1389281(Au-PeEL)EBL1389281(CaONFJC)MIL769285(EXLCZ)99267000000043164920181005d2013 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierAlexander P. de Seversky and the quest for air power /James K. LibbeyFirst edition.Washington, District of Columbia :Potomac Books,2013.1 online resource (xii, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-61234-179-9 Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index.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.Aeronautical engineersUnited StatesBiographyAir powerUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAeronautics, MilitaryUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAeronautical engineersAir powerHistoryAeronautics, MilitaryHistory623.746092Libbey James K.1487456MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787783903321Alexander P. de Seversky and the quest for air power3707312UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress