A Question Of Loyalty: General Billy Mitchell N The Court Marshall That Gripped The Nation

A Question of Loyalty A Question of Loyalty plunges into the seven-week Washington trial of Gen. William 'Billy' Mitchell, the hero of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and the man who proved in 1921 that planes could sink a battleship. In 1925 Mitchell was frustrated by the slow pace of aviation development, and he sparked a political firestorm, accusing the army and navy high commands -- and by inference the president -- of treason and criminal negligence in the way they conducted national defense. He was put on trial for insubordination in a spectacular court-martial that became a national obsession during the Roaring Twenties.Uncovering a trove of new letters, diaries, and confidential documents, Douglas Waller captures the drama of the trial and builds a rich and revealing biography of Mitchell. Autor: Douglas C. Waller Wydawnictwo: Harper Collins (US) Rok wydania: 2005 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 480 Wymiary: 15.0 x 10.0 x 1.2 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780060505486