"From 1938 to 1946, as the first Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces - the largest, most powerful air armada that has ever been assembled - Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold fought World War II not in the field but in Congress, on the Army General Staff, in factories, and in universities.

His vision of airpower as more than just sophisticated aircraft not only established U.S. air supremacy during the war but also laid the foundations for the technology, infrastructure, and philosophy of today's air force."--BOOK JACKET.