Dictatorship of the Air

作者 Scott W. Palmer著
出版社 Cambridge University Press
出版时间 2009年4月
ISBN 9780521130431
定价 227.70

内容简介

Focusingononeofthelastuntoldchaptersinthehistoryofhumanflight,DictatorshipoftheAiristhefirstbooktoexplainthetruestorybehindtwentieth-centuryRussia'squestforaviationprominence.Basedonnearlyadecadeofscholarlyresearch,butwrittenwithgeneralreadersinmind,thisistheonlyaccounttoanswerthequestion'Whatis'Russian'aboutRussianaviation?'Fromthe1909arrivalofmachine-poweredflightinthe'landofthetsars'totheUSSR'svictoryoverHitlerin1945,DictatorshipoftheAirdescribeswhytheairplanebecamethepreeminentsymbolofindustrialprogressandinternationalpowerforgenerationsofRussianstatesmenandcitizens,Thebookrevealshow,behindafacadeofdaredevilpilots,record-settingflights,andgargantuanairplanes,Russia'slong-standinglegaciesofindustrialbackwardness,culturalxenophobia,andstate-directedmodernizationprolongedthenation'sdependenceonwesterntechnologyandultimatelyensuredtheUSSR'sdemise.

作者简介

ScottW.PalmerisaspecialistonthehistoryofmodernRussiancultureandtechnology.AfrequenttravelertotheRussianFederation,hehasconductedeightextendedvisitstoRussianarchivessince1994.HisresearchhasbeensupportedbytheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocieties,theUnitedStatesLibraryofCongress,theSmithsonianInstitution,theFulbright-HaysProgram,theInternationalCouncilforResearchExchange,andtheKennanInstituteforAdvancedRussianStudies.

— END —