Foreign policy and U.S. national security: Major postelection issues (Praeger special studies in international politics and government)

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Politics & Social Sciences

Whitson, William W.

Politics & Government

Praeger

This historical novel develops a rich picture of the United States at the turn of the 20th century, with its explosion of technology and industry and the associated politicians and tycoons such as Theodore Roosevelt, Morgan, Vanderbilt and Astor. The history of the beginnings of aviation is the big story it offers. We are plunged into the middle of the exciting effort to achieve "first flight," culminating millennia of man's dreams of flight. With the interjection of the Harrison family into the story, the author strikes a suitable balance between history and fiction. John Harrison, in his quest for doing "something glorious" becomes embroiled in the race for first flight. His upbringing does not prepare him for the conflicts he faces with his wife, Maggie, over their psychically gifted son, David. David in turn is torn between the two worlds of his parents-the practicality of his engineer father and the gentler world of his sensitive mother. This novel sets the stage for young David's important involvement in the flying game in the follow-on volumes. One can sense that David will emerge as a significant figure as a pilot, and that the reconciliation between John and Maggie, on which this volume closes, will mark a new direction of John's efforts to do "something glorious" with his life. In his pursuit of doing "something glorious," John Harrison and his family become entangled in the events surrounding "first flight." Against this historic background is a story of the struggle of two persons trying to cope with their own ambitions and especially with their child's extraordinary psychic sensitivity.

Something Glorious: Born for Flight

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Cogent Publishing

As war clouds loom in Europe, David Harrison enters the United States Military Academy at West Point in the summer of 1912. The major thread of the story traces his effort to make sense out of his passion for flight, his extraordinary intuition, the ideals of West Point and a prospective career in the Army. A secondary theme is the development of the airplane for combat. During the summer of 1915, one year before his graduation, the two themes become entangled. Major Billy Mitchell sends David to London to discover what military airpower is all about. He visits factories and front line squadrons, meets designers and pilots. Suddenly, everything he believes about himself and his future is challenged one July afternoon when he witnesses death in the skies of France....

Apprentice Warrior: Born for Flight

Genre Fiction

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