Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problem of Air Force Leadership, 1945 - 1985 - Softcover

Worden, Mike; Air University Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1079368639 ISBN 13: 9781079368635

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Colonel Worden relies on oral histories, personal interviews, military and social histories, quantitative data, and sociological research to show how fighter generals rose to domination in the Air Force. From its inception through the 1960s, the Air Force was dominated by bomber pilots. Embracing an absolutist perspective, bomber pilots struggled to maintain their dominance. In the 1960s, however, they saw their positions of leadership slowly yielding to the experience, broader education, and pragmatism of fighter pilots. This study terminates in 1982 when the leadership changes with the selection of a string of generals with fighter backgrounds as Air Force chiefs of staff.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1079368639
• ISBN 13: 9781079368635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 295