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table of contents
  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: An Airborne Culture
  6. 1. The Birth of American Airborne Culture
  7. 2. World War II and the Foundation of the Airborne Mafia
  8. 3. The Airborne Way of War and Its Strategic Implications
  9. 4. The Airborne Influence on Atomic Warfare
  10. 5. Tactical Mobility and the Airmobile Division
  11. 6. The Strategic Army Corps and the Emergence of Strike Command
  12. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Airborne Mafia
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

The Airborne Mafia

The Paratroopers Who Shaped America’s Cold War Army

Robert F. Williams

Cornell University Press

Ithaca and London

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