TY  - BOOK
AU  - Van Vleck,Jenifer
TI  - Empire of the air: aviation and the American ascendancy 
AV  - HE9803.A3 V26 2013eb
U1  - 401 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Pan American World Airways, Inc
KW  - History
KW  - Aeronautics, Commercial
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Aeronautics and state
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall"
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10782449
ER  -