{"product_id":"fast-tanks-and-heavy-bombers-innovation-in-the-u-s-army-1917-1945-paperback-softback-9780801488474","title":"Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers; Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917–1945 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801488474","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInnovation in the U.S. Army, 1917–1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid E. Johnson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801488474\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine place to get a feel for the enormous task of military transformation—and also get a gritty appreciation of the risks involved—is David Johnson's \u003ci\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/i\u003e. The War on Terror and accelerating demands for change in the Pentagon... make this book extremely relevant. Every military transformer should read it—and reckon with it.\u003c\/p\u003e (Houston Chronicle) \u003cp\u003eA powerful book.... Johnson convincingly takes aim at the current wishful thinking that a sound defense depends merely on money spent, and that only politicians, not soldiers, are responsible for their lack of preparedness. His powerful and convincing historical analysis offers profound implications for today.\u003c\/p\u003e (Foreign Affairs) \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/i\u003e, David Johnson does an excellent job of taking in the big picture, breaking it down into its parts and then tieing it back together to form a cohesive whole of U.S.Army policy during the interwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e (Air Power History) \u003cp\u003eJohnson's book should be read and his conclusions debated. His work is timely and relevant to the Army and Air Force today.\u003c\/p\u003e (Army Magazine) \u003cp\u003eJohnson's densely factual volume is elegantly written.... He successfully demonstrates that the United States Army that entered World War II reflected the biases and resistance to innovation that existed throughout the interwar years.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of American History) \u003cp\u003eJohnson's nicely researched and well written study is much more than an interesting account of tank and airplane development during the interwar years. \u003ci\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating intellectual and cultural history of the interwar Army with intriguing implications for our own day..\u003c\/p\u003e (Parameters) \u003cp\u003eThe subject of \u003ci\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/i\u003e is familiar—an interwar army, crippled by austerity and public apathy—fails to modernize and enters the next war unprepared for the challenges it faces. But David E. Johnson departs from traditional interpretations of this scenario.... Johnson paints a bleak picture of an Army designed to preserve itself rather than prepare for the next war.\u003c\/p\u003e (Military Review) \u003cp\u003eThis book gives great insights into our military's (not just the U.S. Army's) innovative process during the interwar years. As we now find ourselves in a similar interwar period, with similar interwar opportunities for either stagnation or innovation, the book is extremely relevant to today's national defense establishment. There is great insight to be derived from these pages.... Johnson has done a superb job of researching his subject. He has written an interesting book based on mountains of documentation.... There is much more to \u003ci\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers\u003c\/i\u003e than documented history. To the educated reader, this book is a warning for today.\u003c\/p\u003e (Marine Corps Gazette) \u003cp\u003eThis well documented and convincingly argued book... speaks to the follies of extremists in today's airpower versus land power debates.\u003c\/p\u003e (Naval War College Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Army entered World War II unprepared. In addition, lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the army's unprepared state. David E. Johnson believes instead that the principal causes were internal: army culture and bureaucracy, and their combined impact on the development of weapons and doctrine. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohnson examines the U.S. Army's innovations for both armor and aviation between the world wars, arguing that the tank became a captive of the conservative infantry and cavalry branches, while the airplane's development was channeled by air power insurgents bent on creating an independent air force. He maintains that as a consequence, the tank's potential was hindered by the traditional arms, while air power advocates focused mainly on proving the decisiveness of strategic bombing, neglecting the mission of tactical support for ground troops. Minimal interaction between ground and air officers resulted in insufficient cooperation between armored forces and air forces. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFast Tanks and Heavy Bombers makes a major contribution to a new understanding of both the creation of the modern U.S. Army and the Army's performance in World War II. The book also provides important insights for future military innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cb\u003ePart I. Soldiers and Machines: 1917–1920\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. America, the Army, and the Great War\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Tank Corps\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Air Service\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Army in the Aftermath of the Great War\u003cb\u003ePart II. Inertia and Insurgency: 1921–1930\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Peace and Quiet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Infantry Tanks\u003cbr\u003e 7• The Failed Revolution and the Evolution of Air Force\u003cbr\u003e 8. The War Department\u003cb\u003ePart III. Alternatives And Autonomy: 1931–1942\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. From Domestic Depression to International Crusade\u003cbr\u003e 10. Alternatives for Armor\u003cbr\u003e 11. Autonomous Air Power\u003cbr\u003e 12. A Crisis in the War Department\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Dying for Change: 1942–1945\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Arsenal of Attrition\u003cbr\u003e 14. Armored Bludgeon\u003cbr\u003e 15. Air Force Triumphant\u003cbr\u003e 16. Coequal Land Power and Air PowerConclusion\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Primary Sources\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523049648408,"sku":"9780801488474","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fast-tanks-and-heavy-bombers-innovation-in-the-u-s-army-1917-1945-paperback-softback-9780801488474","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}