Download or read book Airlift to America written by Tom Shachtman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the long-hidden saga of how a handful of Americans and East Africans fought the British colonial government, the U.S. State Department, and segregation to transport to, or support at, U.S. and Canadian universities, between 1959 and 1963, nearly 800 young East African men and women who would go on to change their world and ours. The students supported included Barack Obama Sr., future father of a U.S. president, Wangari Maathai, future Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as well as the nation-builders of post-colonial East Africa -- cabinet ministers, ambassadors, university chancellors, clinic and school founders. The airlift was conceived by the unusual partnership of the charismatic, later-assassinated Kenyan Tom Mboya and William X. Scheinman, a young American entrepreneur, with supporting roles played by Jackie Robinson, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The airlift even had an impact on the 1960 presidential race, as Vice-President Richard Nixon tried to muscle the State Department into funding the project to prevent Senator Jack Kennedy from using his family foundation to do so and reaping the political benefit. The book is based on the files of the airlift's sponsor, the African American Students Foundation, untouched for almost fifty years.

Download or read book Airlift written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Airlift written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 61. Considers military airlift operations, including those performed by civilian airlines under contract. Also considers aircraft modernization programs as they relate to airlift improvements.

Download or read book Military Airlift written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Airlift written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Military Airlift and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Posture of Military Airlift written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Airlift Command Airlift Service Management Report written by United States. Air Force and published by . This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Posture of Military Airlift written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Research and Development and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tactical Airlift written by Ray L. Bowers and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1984 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air Force History and Museums Program. Presents the United States Air Force’s use of one form of air power, tactical airlift aviation, in the changing limited warfare situation in Vietnam. Covers the period from the decision of President Truman to assist the French in 1950 to the end of United States involvement in 1975.

Download or read book Military Airlift Hearings Eighty ninth Congress First and Second Sessions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Military Airlift and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theater Airlift Operations written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings on the Posture of Military Airlift Before the Research and Development Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Ninety fourth Congress First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Research and Development and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Airlift Capabilities for Future U S Counterinsurgency Operations written by Robert C. Owen and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current and probable future United States involvement in counterinsurgencies revives a long-standing debate about whether these missions call for adding specialized aircraft, training, or other resources to the general military airlift fleet. The authors examine the use of airlift in past and present counterinsurgency operations, including the Foreign Internal Defense program. They conclude that general U.S. airlift forces can accomplish most counterinsurgency missions effectively, with adjustments in employment doctrines and training. However, they also note that continued operations likely will require reinforcement of the general airlift fleet and, perhaps, acquisition of a small fleet element optimized for certain counterinsurgency missions.

Download or read book The United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947 1994 written by Daniel Lee Haulman and published by Air Force History & Museums Program. This book was released on 1998 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om det amerikanske flyvevåben og dets nødhjælpsflyvninger i perioden 1947-1994.

Download or read book Airlift Service Management Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on National Military Airlift of the Committee on Armed Services written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on National Military Airlift and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Airlift Forces written by United States. Congressional Budget Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: