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Proselytiser and prophet: Alexander P. de Seversky and American airpower

Pages 7-35 | Published online: 24 Jan 2008

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  • 1937 . ‘Alexander P. de Seversky’ . US Air Services , Aug. : 18 – 19 .
  • Moore , Samuel Taylor . 1929 . ‘Amazing Adventures of Legless Aviator’ . Every Week Magazine ,
  • Arnold , Chloe . 1918 . ‘An Ace With One Leg and Nine Crosses’ . New York Sun , 20 Oct. : 9
  • de Seversky , Alexander P. 1944 . (hereafter APS), ‘I Owe My Career to Losing My Leg’ . Ladies Home Journal , May : 107
  • Farber , James . 1935 . ‘Major de Seversky‐Engineer’ . Popular Aviation , Aug. : 88
  • Harvey , Paul . 1957 . ‘One Bootstrap’ . Flying , Sept. : 26
  • 1916 . Aeronautics , 23 Aug. : 16
  • 1940 . ‘Mr Procofieff from the North’ . New Yorker , 5 Oct. : 14
  • APS . 1956 . ‘I Remember Billy Mitchell’ . Air Power Historian , Oct. : 179
  • 1930 . ‘Military Men Favor Air Refueling Flights’ . New York Times , 17 Aug. : 17
  • McFadyn , A.D. 1937 . ‘Major Alexander de Seversky’ . Journal of the Patent Office Society , April : 273 – 6 .
  • Stoff , Joshua . 1990 . The Thunder Factory: An Illustrated History of Republic Aviation Corporation , 11 – 35 . Osceola, WI : Motorbooks .
  • Maloney , Edward T. 1979 . Sever the Sky: Evolution of Seversky Aircraft , Corona del Mar, CA : World War II Publications .
  • Dwiggins , Dan . 1965 . They Flew the Bendix Race , 94 – 110 . Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott .
  • 1934 . ‘How Can Pursuit Aviation Regain Its Tactical Freedom?’ . US Air Services , March : 16 – 17 .
  • 1937 . ‘Lest We Forget’ . US Air Services , Jan. : 16 – 17 .
  • Chennault , Capt. Claire L. 1934 . ‘Special Support for Bombardment’ . US Air Services , Jan. : 18 – 24 .
  • McFarland , Stephen L. and Newton , Wesley . 1991 . To Command the Sky: The Battle for Air Superiority Over Germany, 1942–44 , Washington, DC : Smithsonian .
  • 1942 . ‘Presenting Alexander P. de Seversky’ . Pathfinder , 13 Feb. : 16
  • 1967 . New York Daily News , 1 Aug. : 12
  • APS . 1933 . ‘Scoring the Stunt Contest’ . The Sportsman Pilot , May‐June : 10 – 12 . 45 – 8 .
  • Whiteley , John F. 1977 . ‘Alexander de Seversky: A Personal Portrait’ . Aerospace Historian , Fall : 155 – 7 .
  • Air Corps. Stoff . The Thunder Factory 23 (note 14)
  • 1940 . ‘The Founder Complains’ . Time , 2 Sept. : 56 – 7 .
  • H.A. Bruno and Associates . 22 Aug. 1940 . “ (Seversky's lawyers) ” . 22 Aug. ,
  • APS . 24 May 1943 . “ ‘Analysis of Statements Made by General H.H. Arnold’ ” . 24 May ,
  • APS . 1941 . ‘The Ordeal of American Air Power’ . American Mercury , July : 7 – 14 .
  • APS . 1942 . ‘Victory Through Air Power!’ . American Mercury , Feb. : 149
  • 1941 . ‘Seversky Calls Army Air Set‐Up No “Unification”, but Misnomer’ . New York Herald Tribune , 3 July
  • APS . 1941 . ‘The Twilight of Sea Power’ . American Mercury , June : 647
  • APS . 1946 . ‘Navies Are Finished’ . American Mercury , Feb. : 137
  • APS . 1941 . ‘Ten Air Power Lessons for America’ . Flying and Popular Aviation , July : 62
  • APS . 1942 . ‘When Will America Be Bombed?’ . American Mercury , April : 415
  • 1939 . ‘Seversky Fears September War’ . New York Post , 13 July
  • APS . 1940 . ‘My Thoughts on the War’ . Popular Aviation , April : 19
  • 1940 . ‘Seversky Feels British Could Balk Invasion’ . New York Herald Tribune , 1 June : 5
  • APS . 1941 . ‘America Repeats Europe's Aviation Mistakes’ . American Mercury , Oct. : 401 – 4 .
  • APS . 1940 . ‘Hard Facts on Air Power’ . American Mercury , Aug. : 406 – 14 .
  • 1940 . ‘"Umbrella” of Air Held Vital to Navy’ . New York World Telegram , 4 June
  • APS . 1941 . ‘The Twilight of Sea Power’ . American Mercury , June : 648 – 9 .
  • APS . 1941 . ‘Why Lindbergh is Wrong’ . American Mercury , May : 519 – 32 .
  • APS . 1942 . ‘Why the Luftwaffe Failed’ . The Atlantic , March : 293 – 302 .
  • APS . 1941 . ‘Aviation vs. Isolation’ . Vital Speeches of the Day , 1 July : 557 – 8 .
  • APS . 1942 . Victory Through Air Power , 213 – 53 . NY : Simon & Schuster .
  • APS . 1942 . ‘Aviation Ballyhoo vs. Aviation Facts’ . American Mercury , Sept. : 263 – 74 .
  • 1942 . ‘Seversky's Reply to Critics’ . New York Herald Tribune , 25 Aug.
  • Arnold , Maj. Gen. H.H. and Eaker , Col. Ira . 1941 . Winged Warfare , 22 NY : Harper .
  • 1942 . ‘Wing Tips’ . Steel , 14 Sept. : 100
  • Brown , David . 1943 . ‘Victory Through Hot Air Power’ . Pic , 15 Jan. : 7 – 9 .
  • APS . Victory 307 (note 43)
  • Douhet , Giulio . 1983 . “ ‘Recapitulation’ ” . In Command of the Air , 244 – 50 . Washington : GPO .
  • APS . 1955 . ‘World War III and How to Win It’ . Coronet , Jan. : 118
  • APS . 6 Jan 1943 . “ ‘Memo on Enforcement of Peace Through Air Power’ ” . 6 Jan ,
  • Douhet . ‘Command of the Air’ . Command of the Air , 50
  • Baldwin , Hanson . 1942 . ‘Victory Through Air Power? No!’ . Sea Power , June : 6 – 8 .
  • Nickerson , Hoffman . 1942 . ‘Seversky: Air Power! Nickerson: Not Enough!’ . Field Artillery Journal , July : 543 – 9 .
  • Malone , Maj. Gen. Paul B. 1942 . ‘Victory Through Air Prophets?’ . Skyways , Nov. : 6 – 9 . 74 – 5 .
  • Lee , Russell . 1992 . ’Victory Through Air Power , 87 American Army Air Forces, Navy and Public Reactions to the Book and Film During World War II . MA Thesis George Mason Univ.
  • Huie , William Bradford . 1943 . ‘What's Behind the Attacks on Seversky?’ . American Mercury , Feb. : 156
  • Fadiman , Clifton . 1942 . New Yorker , 25 April : 74 – 6 .
  • Mitchell , Donald W. 1942 . The Nation , 23 May : 604
  • Lee . “ ‘Victory’ ” . 34 (note 52)
  • Shale , Richard . 1982 . Donald Duck Joins Up , 69 Ann Arbor : UMI .
  • Rawls , Walton . 1992 . Disney Dons Dog Tags , 6 NY : Abbeville .
  • APS . 1967 . ‘Walt Disney: An Airman in His Heart’ . Aerospace Historian , Spring : 7
  • Lee . “ ‘Victory’ ” . 78 – 83 . (note 52)
  • 1936 . Air Power and Armies , London : Oxford .
  • Gunther , John . 1960 . Taken at the Flood: The Story of Albert D. Lasker , 281 – 6 . NY : Harper & Row .
  • Lee . “ ‘Victory’ ” . 43 – 50 . (note 52)
  • APS . Victory 316 (note 8)
  • APS . 1943 . ‘Bomb the Axis From America’ . American Mercury , Dec. : 680
  • APS . 10 Sept. 1945 . “ ‘Report to Secretary of War Patterson’ ” . 10 Sept. , 3 – 4 .
  • APS . 11 Feb. 1946 . “ ‘Report to Secretary Patterson on the Pacific War’ ” . 11 Feb. , 2 – 7 .
  • APS . 1946 . ‘Atomic Bomb Hysteria’ . Readers’ Digest , Feb. : 121 – 6 .
  • Pratt , Fletcher . 1946 . ‘Seversky and the Bomb’ . New Republic , 11 March : 41
  • APS . 1949 . ‘The Only Way to Rearm Europe’ . American Mercury , March : 269
  • 1950 . Air Power: Key to Survival , NY : Simon & Schuster .
  • APS . 1949 . ‘The US Air Force in Power Polities’ . Air Affairs , Winter : 477 – 90 .
  • APS . 1950 . ‘Wonder Weapons Can't Win a War’ . This Week , 10 Sept. : 4 – 8 .
  • 1950 . ‘Korea Proves Our Need for a Dominant Air Force’ . Readers’ Digest , Oct. : 6 – 10 .
  • APS . 1951 . ‘Build an Invincible Air Force Now’ . Vital Speeches of the Day , 1 Jan. : 176
  • APS . Air Power 68 – 79 . (note 76)
  • APS . 1946 . ‘Navies are Finished’ . American Mercury , Feb. : 143
  • 1971 . ‘Dealing with a Major Subject’ . New York News , 20 June : 7 – 9 .
  • APS . 1958 . ‘Our Current Inferiority is Not Scientific’ . Vital Speeches of the Day , Feb. : 238 – 42 .
  • APS . 1949 . ‘Our Antiquated Defense Policy’ . American Mercury , April : 389 – 99 .
  • Omissi , David E. 1990 . Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919–1939 , NY : St Martin's .
  • APS . 1961 . America ‐ Too Young to Die , NY : McGraw‐Hill .
  • APS . 1946 . ‘Artificial Gravity for Spaceships’ . Science Digest , Oct. : 5 – 8 .
  • APS . 1952 . ‘Your Trip to Mars’ . Pageant , Aug. : 5 – 15 .
  • Gallup , George H. 1972 . The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935–1971 , 3 vols , 293 399 NY : Random House . Vol.I

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