Introduction : the logic of the air -- The Americanization of the airplane -- Good neighbors are close neighbors -- Global visions, national interests -- "America's lifeline to Africa" -- From open door to open sky -- Mass air travel and the routes of the Cold War -- The jet age and the limits of American power -- Conclusion : "Empires rise and empires fall"
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Aviation and the American ascendancy
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Pan American World Airways, Inc.-- History
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Aeronautics and state-- United States-- History-- 20th century
Aeronautics, Commercial-- Political aspects-- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial-- Social aspects-- United States
Aeronautics, Commercial-- United States-- History-- 20th century