Publication: Air Power History Publication Date: 22-JUN-07 Delivery: Immediate Online Access Author: Gropman, Alan
Article Excerpt Battling Tradition: Robert F. McDermott and Shaping the U.S. Air Force Academy. By Paul T. Ringenbach. Chicago, Ill.: Imprint Publications, 2006. Photographs. Notes. Bibliogaphy. Index. Pp. xvii, 333. $24.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-879176-42-4
Dr. Paul Ringenbach's biography of Robert McDermott's creation of the academic program for the United States Air Force Academy is perfectly named. To succeed "McD," as he was affectionately known, had to battle the traditions of the three more senior academies because many of the seniors Air Force officers in...
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