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General of the Air Force Henry H. Hap Arnold, an incurable maverick whom the U.S. Army never learned to control became, nonetheless, one of only four permanent five-star generals in the nations history, and one of Americas most important military leaders of all time. During forty-one years of active service, he compiled an unparalleled record as an airman and was truly the father of the modern Air Force. In 1911, four years after his graduation from West Point, the Wright brothers taught him to fly, and he became the holder of U.S. Army pilots license number two. His rise through the ranks was marked by controversy, and when he took command of the Army Air Corps in 1938, it was a puny collection of 20,000 men and a few hundred planes, none good enough to face Germanys modern air force. By 1944, under the impetus of his compelling, relentless dynamism, it had grown into an organization of 2.4 million men and women and 80,000 aircraft. Never before or since has a military machine of comparable size and technical complexity been created in so short a period; at the height of World War II, Arnold commanded the mightiest air force the world had ever seen. This is the only definitive bio

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Author

Thomas M. Coffey

Publisher

The Viking Press

Published

1982

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670360697

Category

history

Subjects

Military, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.36 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14