| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 790 B798 1994 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18364 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0533109078
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 790
- Item number - B798 1994
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/4973
- Edition number - 20
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Burt, William R.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Adventures with warlords :
- Remainder of title - insight into key events of World War II /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - William R. Burt.
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Vantage Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c1994.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xii, 283 p. :
- Other physical details - port. ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Who am I? -- The War Department on the eve of war -- The Pacific Theater before Pearl Harbor -- The Air Corps -- The War Department at the Declaration of War -- Their ugliest hour -- The Pacific Theater -- The campaign against Germany -- Dividing the spoils -- Aftermath
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "Author Burt was an Air Corps colonel involved in allocation of aircraft and crews to the theaters of operation, and thus he is able to offer an insider's view of the struggles between the Air Corps and other branches of the service to utilize that new aspect of warfare, air power, efficiently. While from the vantage point of today it is easy to see the crucial role air power must play, this was by no means universally agreed upon during World War II. A compelling insider's account of air power coming into its own, Adventures with Warlords sheds new light on a fascinating aspect of U.S. history."
- Summary, etc - "The author was a senior staff officer at policy level with General Vandenburg during 1940-46. This book provides many details on policy decisions taken in the lead up to World War II. Particularly interesting is his claim about unanswered questions regarding the loss of the Philippines.
See Chapter 3: The Pacific Theater Before Pearl Harbor; Exhibit F: Air Defense in the Philippine Islands in December 1941; Exhibit L: Strategically Offensive Operations in the Far East." - Roderick Hall
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Burt, William R.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
- Subordinate unit - Army Air Forces
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - World War, 1939-1945.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Soldiers
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
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