The cream of the crop : Canadian aircrew, 1939-1945 /
"In this insightful critique of the effectiveness of the Royal Canadian Air Force in preparing its aircrew for war, Allan English describes the development of a uniquely Canadian selection system that attempted to match the aptitudes of aircrew candidates to the duties they would perform and th...
Основен автор: | English, Allan D. 1949- |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
℗♭1996.
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Print version::
Cream of the crop. |
Съдържание:
- ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Illustrations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 ""A Good Airman Is Worth a Battalion of Infantry"": Aviator Recruiting and Selection, 1914�45""; ""3 Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten: Aircrew Training, 1914�45""; ""4 A Predisposition to Cowardice? Aviation Psychology, 1914�45""; ""5 What's in a Name? The RAF and ""Lack of Moral Fibre""""; ""6 Conserving the Cream of the Crop: The RCAF and ""Lack of Moral Fibre""""; ""7 None for All and One for One: The Canadian Manpower Crisis""; ""8 Conclusion""
- ""Appendix A: Bomber Command Psychological Casualties""""Appendix B: Selected Statistics of the Special Cases Committee RCAF ""R"" Depot""; ""Appendix C: RCAF Aircrew NP Ratios in Bomber Command, 1944�45""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliographical Essay""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""