Description
Presentation copy of The Struggle For Air Force Independence by Herman Wolk, to former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
Octavo, xvii, 419pp. Blue hardcover, title in silver on spine. In publishers dust jacket, light wear along edges, small tear to bottom of spine panel, otherwise bright illustrations. Inscribed to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on the half title. Additional laid-in note to the secretary from the author.
Herman Wolk’s other books include: “Strategic Bombing: The American Experience”; “Planning and Organizing Post-War Air Force, 1943-1947”; “The Struggle for Air Force Independence, 1943 – 1947”; “Fulcrum of Power: Essays on the Air Force and National Security”; and “Reflections on Air Force Independence” and most recently “Cataclysm: General Hap Arnold and the Defeat of Japan.” This copy is from the personal library of former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Provenance: The Robert McNamara Estate & Diane Byfield McNamara Book Collection (The Potomac Company, October 2019).
