Buying Aircraft: Materiel Procurement for the Army Air Forces (United States Army in World War II: Special Studies, Volume 7)

xviii, 643 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Includes 23 tables, 9 charts, 36 illustrations,3 appendixes, bibliographical note, glossary, and index. "In the last chapter of Buying Aircraft, I.B. Holley, jr., concludes that the process of procuring aircraft for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II was as much a weapon of war as the fighters, bombers, and guns procured. The author's specialized study of aircraft procurement bridges the gap between the larger volumes on industrial mobilization and wartime production, such as The Army and Economic Mobilization and The Army and Industrial Manpower, and the various volumes in The Technical Services subseries that focus on the detailed research, development, and procurement of military materiel for the specific combat and service components of the War Department." (United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide, pp. 132-3).