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The emerging shield : the Air Force and the evolution of continental air defense, 1945-1960

Contents Foreword v Preface vii Acknowledgments x i Chapters 1. Genesis of the Air Defense Mission 1 The United States and Air Defense: The Early Years 6 Defining the Mission 8 Development of Air Defense Doctrine and Tactics 9 Gordon P. Saville 13 2. Air Defense in World War II 21 The First Air Defense Command, 1940-1941 24 Air Defense in Wartime 36 3. Planning for Air Defense in the Postwar Era 47 Establishment of the Air Defense Command 50 Early Planning Efforts 59 The Radar Fence Plan 67 Attempts to Come to Terms with the Mission 73 Active Operations Begin 76 4. Saville Takes Charge 83 Revision of the Radar Fence Plan 87 Establishment of the Continental Air Command 95 Taking the Case to Congress 97 Fighter Aircraft for Air Defense 98 Further Organizational Changes 102 5. Broadening Dimensions: Air Defense as a Public Issue 107 The Revolt of the Admirals 108 Impact of the Soviet Atomic Bomb 111 Roles and Missions Dilemmas 115 Air Defense Forces in the Field 122 6. Continental Air Defense in the Korean War Period 129 Reorganization and the Impact of the Chinese Intervention 139 Confronting Realities 152 Status of the Fighter-Interceptor Forces 160 7. An Integrated, Efficient, High

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