"An honorable place in American air power" : Civil Air Patrol coastal patrol operations, 1942-1943 / / Frank A. Blazich, Jr

• Autore: Blazich Frank A., Jr.
• Pubblicazione: Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : , : Air University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (1 color)
• Disciplina: 358.41450973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Altri titoli varianti: Honorable place in American air power"
• Titolo autorizzato: "An honorable place in American air power"
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910715083803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II