"Winning Armageddon tells the story of General Curtis E. LeMay's advocacy for nuclear first strikes while leading the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command. LeMay argued for striking first in a ...

Eighty years ago this past week, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing nearly 200,000 people. Months before, U.S. bombers obliterated ...

Introduction: Of insanity and icons -- From flying cadet to Aerospace Commander: Early life and career, 1905-54 -- constructing the Aerospace Force: Air research and development command, 1954-57 -- ...