FDR and Civil Aviation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Two Challenges—Roosevelt and Civil Aviation

   • Alan P. Dobson

   Pages 1-8

3. Roosevelt’s Inheritance

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   Pages 9-26

4. An Uneasy Start: Civil Aviation 1933–37

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   Pages 27-53

5. The Passage of the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act

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   Pages 55-77

6. The Challenges of International Aviation 1933–39

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   Pages 79-110

7. The Coming of War: Policies, Preparations, and More Reorganization 1939–41

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   Pages 111-133

8. Forming U.S. International Aviation Policy— December 1941–May 1943

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   Pages 135-162

9. Of Subordinates and the President

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   Pages 163-187

10. American Triumph, Roosevelt’s Loss, and the “Burlesque” of Chicago

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    Pages 189-215

11. Roosevelt’s Legacy

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    Pages 217-225

12. Back Matter

    Pages 227-280

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Drawing on his knowledge of the technical aspects of civil aviation, Alan P. Dobson's history of the international aviation system, from 1945 to the present day, stresses the hitherto unacknowledged role Franklin D. Roosevelt played in implementing the principles that came to govern the entire global aviation system.

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"In a twentieth century dominated by airpower, no figure loomed larger than Franklin Roosevelt, both as a global strategist and as a key definer of the aerial world. No scholar better captures Roosevelt s thinking on this crucial issue than Alan Dobson, the true historian of aviation s diplomacy." - Jeffrey A. Engel, Kruse 52 Professor, Texas A&M University and author of Cold War at 30,000 Feet: the Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy

"Amazingly, the story of FDR and international civil aviation has gone untold; yet it is perhaps his most lasting and important legacy. Alan Dobson's well-written book is more than the story of Roosevelt's vision of what commercial aviation could become in the postwar world, however. It is an essential contribution to understanding globalization." - Lloyd C. Gardner, Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University, and author of Three Kings: The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II"Alan P. Dobson has established a reputation as the world s leading authority on the international diplomacy of civil aviation, and this book demonstrates just how well-earned is that reputation. FDR and Civil Aviation constitutes a major contribution to our understanding of the rise and evolution of today s globe-spanning network of commercial airlines. Central to the fascinating story Dobson tells is the role played by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the oft-unacknowledged but very real architect of today s civilian-aviationregime - a regime that has been erected very much in accordance with the president s liberal-internationalist preferences and ideals. For anyone seeking insight into the wartime roots of a contemporary global civil-aviation order characterized by the aspiration toward open skies, this book will be indispensable reading." - David G. Haglund, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Queen s University, Canada

ALAN DOBSON is Professor of Politics at the University of Dundee, UK.

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