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Jacqueline Cochran

Biography of a Pioneer Aviator

By: Rhonda Smith-Daugherty

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Jacqueline Cochran

Biography of a Pioneer Aviator

By: Rhonda Smith-Daugherty

Although Amelia Earhart remains the best-known female pilot of the 1930s, Jacqueline Cochran stood as the more important aviation pioneer and America's top woman pilot. Among her many accomplishments, Cochran was the first female aviator to win the Bendix Air Race, to fly a bomber, to break the speed of sound, and to participate in astronaut training. This revealing biography explores Cochran's childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. It also chronicles her postwar exploits, including her participation in the NASA space program, her unsuccessful 1956 bid for Congress, and her surprising reluctance to crusade for the advancement of women. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart's shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war.

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0786489960

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9780786489961

Counterinsurgency and the United States Marine Corps

Volume 2, An Era of Persistent Warfare, 1945-2016

By: Leo J. Daugherty III,Rhonda L. Smith-Daugherty

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Counterinsurgency and the United States Marine Corps

Volume 2, An Era of Persistent Warfare, 1945-2016

By: Leo J. Daugherty III,Rhonda L. Smith-Daugherty

Volume 2 continues the history of the U.S. Marine Corps' involvement in "small wars" after World War II, beginning with advisory efforts with the Netherlands Marine Korps (1943-1946). The authors describe counterinsurgency efforts during the Korean War (1950-1953), the development of vertical assault tactics in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia (1962-1975), involvement in Central America (1983-1989), and present-day conflicts, including the War on Terror and operations in Iraq and Libya.

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0786462736

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9780786462735

Jacqueline Cochran

Biography of a Pioneer Aviator

By: Rhonda Smith-Daugherty

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Biography of a Pioneer Aviator

By: Rhonda Smith-Daugherty

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Counterinsurgency and the United States Marine Corps

Counterinsurgency and the United States Marine Corps

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