An American adventure : from early aviation through three wars to the White House / William Lloyd Stearman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stearman, William Lloyd, 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--United States--History--20th century.

Aeronautics.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

Foreign correspondents--United States--Biography.

Foreign correspondents.

Diplomats--United States--Biography.

Diplomats.

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

United States.

United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.

National Security Council (U.S.)--Biography.

National Security Council (U.S.).

Stearman, William Lloyd, 1922-.

Stearman, William Lloyd.

Stearman, William Lloyd, 1922---Family.

Stearman, Lloyd, 1898-1975.

Stearman, Lloyd.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A memoir of extraordinary scope, William Lloyd Stearman's reminiscences will attract those interested in early aviation, World War II in the Pacific, life as a diplomat behind the Iron Curtain, the Vietnam War, and the ins and outs of national security decision making in the White House. Stearman begins with a description of his childhood as the son of aviation pioneer Lloyd Stearman. He then covers his naval combat experiences in the Pacific War and later struggles as one of the Navy's youngest ship captains. Following graduate school, he moved to the front lines of the Cold War and writes ab

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. The Early Years and Family Roots; 2. Living in the 1850s; 3. The Roaring Twenties, Life in Wichita, and the Stearman Company Grows ; 4. Back to California and the Birth of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation ; 5. Observations on the America of My Youth, the Late 1920s to the Early 1940s; 6. We Move North ; 7. Life on the Ranch and College Days; 8. I Go to War ; 9. After the War Was Over; 10. Postwar Move to Europe; 11. Vienna; 12. German Interlude: Berlin, Then Bonn; 13. Return to the United States; 14. Vietnam ; 15. Back in the State Department, White House Years Begin

16. Arms Control Agency, Georgetown University, and a Return to the White House Epilogue ; Index ; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61251-403-0

OCLC:

852757509