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020 _a9781612341804
020 _a1612341802
020 _z9781612341798 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _z1612341799
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aTL540.D363
_bL53 2013
082 0 0 _a623.74/6092
_aB
_223
100 1 _aLibbey, James K.
245 1 0 _aAlexander P. de Seversky and the quest for air power
_h[electronic resource] /
_cJames K. Libbey.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bPotomac Books,
_c2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aDe Seversky, Alexander P.
_q(Alexander Procofieff),
_d1894-1974.
650 0 _aAeronautics, Military
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAir power
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aAeronautical engineers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781612341804/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c33964
_d33964