FDR and civil aviation : flying strong, flying free
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FDR and civil aviation : flying strong, flying free
(The world of the Roosevelts)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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  Toyama
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
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  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [263]-269
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system.
Table of Contents
Two Challenges:Roosevelt and Civil Aviation Roosevelt's Inheritance An Uneasy Start: Civil Aviation 1933-1937 The Passage of the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act The Challenges of International Aviation 1933-1939 The Coming of War: Policies, Preparations and More Reorganization 1939-1941 Forming US International Aviation Policy December 1941 - May 1943 Of Subordinates and the President American Triumph, Roosevelt's Loss and the 'Burlesque' of Chicago Roosevelt's Legacy
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