The Strategic Air Command: Evolution and Consolidation of Nuclear Forces, 1945-1955
- ISBN-10
- 0275948617
- ISBN-13
- 9780275948610
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- William S. Borgiasz
Description
Analyzes the evolution of U.S. strategic air forces from 1945 to 1955.
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