The Politics of Strategic Aircraft Modernization

by David S. Sorenson

This study examines three major bomber aircraft acquisition programs: the B-36, the B-52, and the B-2. The central question for each of these programs is whether they were chosen to fit national strategic objectives or to meet the more narrow political and economic needs of the so-called military-industrial complex. The book concludes that U.S. Air Force senior leadership acquired better bombers than did civilian defense leaders. The extensive use...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275952584
• ISBN13: 9780275952587
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"