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Cold War at 30,000 feet : the Anglo-American fight for aviation supremacy / Jeffrey A. Engel.

LIBRA E183.8.G7 E49 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Engel, Jeffrey A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
International economic relations.
Aircraft industry.
History.
Aeronautics--Technological innovations.
Aeronautics.
Technology and international relations.
United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
United States.
International relations.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
Technology and international relations--History--20th century.
Aeronautics--Technological innovations--History--20th century.
Aircraft industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
Aircraft industry--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--20th century.
United States--Foreign economic relations--Communist countries.
Great Britain--Foreign economic relations--Communist countries.
Cold War.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
Communist countries.
Physical Description:
xi, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Other Title:
Cold war at thirty thousand feet
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Contents:
1 The Arsenal of Democracy versus British Planning 17
2 Selling Jets to Stalin 53
3 Death by Nene 90
4 Comet Dreams 125
5 A Lead Lost 159
6 Approaching China 187
7 The Viscount Conspiracy 216
8 Aviation on the New Frontier 252
Archives, Manuscripts, and Private Interviews 331.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.
ISBN:
0674024613
9780674024618
OCLC:
71350607

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