Dead on Arrival? : The Development of the Aerospace Concept, 1944–58

By Major Stephen M. Rothstein, USAF

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Title:	Dead on Arrival? : The Development of the Aerospace Concept, 1944–58
Author:	Major Stephen M. Rothstein, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Aerospace
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Stephen M. Rothstein, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Dead on Arrival? : The Development of the Aerospace Concept, 1944–58. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This study chronologically traces the historical development of the aerospace concept, from its initial inception in 1944 as it was embodied in the far-reaching vision of Gen Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, until its public appearance in 1958. This study also uncovers reasons why airmen came to see their primary area of responsibility differently than the rest of the nation and why their aerospace concept failed to win bureaucratic support. By tracing the aerospace concept’s technological and intellectual development against a contextual backdrop of geopolitics, national security strategy, national space policy, interservice competition, and internal tensions within the Air Force, this paper offers historical lessons learned for today’s planners seeking to move the Air Force toward an aerospace force.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . 5 2 AEROSPACE’S NASCENCY (1944–47) . . . . 7 Notes . . . . . 18 3 AEROSPACE VERSUS THE AIR FORCE (1947–52) . . . . . 21 Notes . . . . . 32 4 AEROSPACE VERSUS EISENHOWER (1953–58) . . . . 35 Notes . . . . . 63 5 SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS . . . . 69 Notes . . . . . 82 6 CONCLUSION . . . . . 85 Notes . . . . . 86