Between the lines : reflections on war and peacetime / L. William Cracken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cracken, L. William (Louis William)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cracken, L. William (Louis William).

Cracken, L. William.

United States. Air Force--Biography.

United States.

United States. Air Force.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Tex. : Taylor, [1998]

Summary:

The author explores his WWII experiences as well as U.S. Korean Military war. The Korean war and his post war experiences in peace time with NATO in England & Norway as professor in a black university during the late 50's and early 60's and planning major changes in the way the air force does business using computers state of the art. Finally his thoughts on improving our way of life through changes in our government for the future.

Contents:

Introduction A Soldier's Story v

Chapter 1 A Boy Goes to War, Arizona, 1941 1

Chapter 2 Keeping Our Boys in the Air, South Pacific, 1944-1945 21

Chapter 3 Discovering Pusan, Korea, 1946-1947 35

Chapter 4 All Work and Some Play, Korea, 1946-1947 47

Chapter 5 Searching for Home, Stateside, 1947-1950 69

Chapter 6 Perfecting the Business of War, Korea, 1951-1952 83

Chapter 7 On the Front Lines, Korea, 1951-1952 97

Chapter 8 Settling Down to Military Life, Stateside, 1952-1956 113

Chapter 9 The Cold War Heats Up, England, 1956-1959 131

Chapter 10 Training Future Soldiers, Maryland, 1959-1963 145

Chapter 11 NATO on the Russian Front, Norway, 1963-1966 161

Chapter 12 The Air Force and the Computer Age, Stateside, 1966-1973 189

Afterward Improving on Government 221.

ISBN:

0966879406

OCLC:

41058147