Van Vleck, Jenifer, 1974-
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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 .

Subjects:

• Aeronautics, Commercial — United States — History — 20th century.
• Aeronautics, Commercial — Political aspects — United States.
• Pan American World Airways, Inc. — History.
• Aeronautics, Commercial — Social aspects — United States.
• Aeronautics and state — United States — History — 20th century.
• United States — Foreign relations — 20th century.
• Globalization.

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