Table of contents for Climb to greatness; the American aircraft industry, 1920-1960 [by] John B. Rae.

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             Contents
Chapter I    Rebirth     i
             The Survivors    3
             New Arrivals    8
             The Outlook     16
Chapter 2 Toward Stability        20
             Aeronautical Research    24
             Industrial Growth   30
             Lighter Than Air   35
Chapter 3 Aviation on Wall Street        39
             The Mergers     39
             Boom and Collapse    49
             Politics and the Air Mail 52
Chapter 4 The Airframe Revolution          58
             The Competitors    6z
             The Impact      73
Chapter 5 The Hungry Thirties          77
             The Organization of Production 
             New Competitors     84
             The Heyday of the Flying Boat 
             Four-Engined Landplanes     94
             The Period Ends    98
          CONTENTS                                       xi
Chapter 6 The Approach of War         for
            The Preliminary Stage    iox
            The Preparatory Phase    io8
            Fifty Thousand Planes    113
Chapter 7 Mobilization       119
            Expansion of Facilities  122
            Enlisting the Automobile Industry 128
            The Achievement     138
Chapter 8 The Aircraft Industry in the Second World War
              141
            Full Mobilization  141
            Quantity and Quality   146
            Labor and Finance    149
            The Role of the Automobile Industry  157
            New Developments     161
            The Record    167
Chapter 9 Reconversion and Readjustment         173
            Postwar Survey    174
            Reformulation of Air Policy  192
            The Korean War     197
Chapter 10 Aeronautics to Aerospace      201
            Helicopters   202
            The Arrival of the Jet Era  205
            Conclusion    212
Appendix A Aircraft Program, First World War       221
Appendix B Aircraft Producers, Second World War      225
Appendix C Engine Producers, Second World War         230
            Notes     234
            Sources     264
            List of Airplane Types    270
            Index     273