Wings Over The Mexican Border

Author : Kenneth B. Ragsdale
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292787810

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Wings over the Mexican Border by Kenneth B. Ragsdale Pdf

A Texas historian reveals how a borderland ranch became the proving ground for American combat aviation and a flashpoint for US-Mexico relations. Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II, Kenneth B. Ragsdale tells the story of Elmo Johnson’s Big Bend ranch in southwestern Texas. This remote airfield is where hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the US military’s reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Ragsdale vividly portrays the development of the US aerial strike force; the men who would go on to become combat leaders; and especially Elmo Johnson himself, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Ragsdale also examines how these aerial escapades effected border tensions. He provides a reflective look at US–Mexican relations from the 1920s through the 1940s, paying special attention to the tense days during and after the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.

Author : Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:314657479

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Wings Over the Mexican Border by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale Pdf

Author : Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0292770812

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Wings over the Mexican Border by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale Pdf

Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II comes this compelling look at the rise of U.S. combat aviation at an unlikely proving ground—a remote airfield in the rugged reaches of the southwestern Texas borderlands. Here, at Elmo Johnson's Big Bend ranch, hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the U.S. military's reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Kenneth Ragsdale's gripping account not only sets the United States squarely in the forefront of aerial development but also provides a reflective look at U.S.-Mexican relations of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, particularly the tense days and aftermath of the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. He paints a vivid picture of the development of the U.S. aerial strike force; the character, ideals, and expectations of the men who would one day become combat leaders; and the high esteem in which U.S. citizens held the courageous pilots. Particularly noteworthy is Ragsdale's portrait of Elmo Johnson, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.

Author : Kenneth B. Ragsdale
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292757592

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Wings over the Mexican Border by Kenneth B. Ragsdale Pdf

A Texas historian reveals how a borderland ranch became the proving ground for American combat aviation and a flashpoint for US-Mexico relations. Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II, Kenneth B. Ragsdale tells the story of Elmo Johnson’s Big Bend ranch in southwestern Texas. This remote airfield is where hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the US military’s reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Ragsdale vividly portrays the development of the US aerial strike force; the men who would go on to become combat leaders; and especially Elmo Johnson himself, the Big Bend rancher, trader, and rural sage who emerges as the dominant figure at one of the most unusual facilities in the annals of the Air Corps. Ragsdale also examines how these aerial escapades effected border tensions. He provides a reflective look at US–Mexican relations from the 1920s through the 1940s, paying special attention to the tense days during and after the Escobar Rebellion of 1929. Wings over the Mexican Border tells a stirring story of the American frontier juxtaposed with the new age of aerial technology.

Author : Stacy C. Hinkle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Border patrols
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173018687328

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Wings Over the Border by Stacy C. Hinkle Pdf

Author : Daniel D. Arreola
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816534326

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Postcards from the Sonora Border by Daniel D. Arreola Pdf

"Postcards from the Sonora Border: Visualizing Place through a Popular Lens, 1900s-1950s examines the urban landscapes of Mexican border cities through picture postcards. This volume aims to capture the evolution of Sonora border towns over time, and create a sense of visual "time travel" for the reader by relying on Arreola's personal collection of postcards"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Lori A. Henning
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806163741

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Harnessing the Airplane by Lori A. Henning Pdf

At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do with the airplane? Lacking the hindsight of historical perspective, cavalry planners based their decisions on incomplete information. Harnessing the Airplane compares how the American and British armies dealt with this unique challenge. A multilayered look at a critical aspect of modern industrial warfare, this book examines the ramifications of technological innovation and its role in the fraught relationship that developed between traditional ground units and emerging air forces. Cavalry officers pondered the potential military uses of airplanes and other new technologies early on, but preferred to test them before embracing and incorporating them in their operations. Cavalrymen cautiously examined airplane capabilities, developed applications and doctrine for joint operations, and in the United States, even tried to develop their own, specially designed craft. Throughout the interwar period, instead of replacing the cavalry, airplanes were used cooperatively with cavalry forces in reconnaissance, security, communication, protection, and pursuit—a collaboration tested in maneuvers and officially blessed in both British and American doctrine. This interdependent relationship changed drastically, however, during the 1930s as aviation priorities and doctrine shifted from tactical support of ground troops toward independent strategic bombardment. Henning shows that the American and British experiences with military aviation differed. The nascent British aviation service made quicker inroads into reconnaissance and scouting, even though the British cavalry was the older institution with more-established traditions. The American cavalry, despite its youth, contested the control of reconnaissance as late as the 1930s, years after similar arguments ended in Britain. Drawing on contemporary government reports, memoirs and journals of service personnel, books, and professional and trade journals and magazines, Harnessing the Airplane is a nuanced account of the cavalry’s response to aviation over time and presents a new perspective on a significant chapter of twentieth-century military history.

Author : Charles Houston Harris,Louis R. Sadler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Fort Bliss (Tex.)
ISBN : UCR:31210014024630

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Bastion on the Border by Charles Houston Harris,Louis R. Sadler Pdf

Author : Benjamin R. Beede
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Spanish-American War, 1898
ISBN : 0824056248

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The War of 1898, and U.S. Interventions, 1898-1934 by Benjamin R. Beede Pdf

A fascinating encyclopedic survey of the Spanish-Cuban/American War, the Philippine War, and the small wars between 1899 and the end of the occupation of Haiti in 1934. The name changes themselves are instructive. The usage of "Spanish-American War" ignores the fact that the war in Cuba had been largely won by the Cuban revolutionaries before US intervention, hence the new title, Spanish-Cuban/American War. The use of "Philippine Insurrection" is replaced by Philippine War, since the Philippine forces had taken much of the islands from Spain before US ground forces arrived. And guerillas or revolutionaries have replaced "bandits," the term used by the US to discredit oppositional forces. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : IND:30000139849909

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Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Maurer Maurer Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428915633

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Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 089096811X

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Big Bend Country by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale Pdf

Having first visited the Big Bend in 1928, Kenneth B. Ragsdale has been digging around in and writing about the region for decades. In Big Bend Country: Land of the Unexpected, he takes a nostalgic retrospective journey through the times and places of this increasingly popular corner of West Texas to say goodbye to those who made the history, created the myths, and lived the legends.?Building his stories around themes of compassion, conflict, and compromise, he profiles both famous and relatively unknown figures. He tells stories of curanderas (healers), charity workers, a woman who practiced medicine without a license, and another who started a private lending library in her store to encourage rural, poor children to read. In contrast to these stories, he chronicles blood feuds, shootouts, and the violence bred in wild, relatively lawless spaces.?Ragsdale?s stories cover a half-century, roughtly 1900 to 1955, from wagon trains to the filming of an epic movie, a time in which the face of the Big Bend changed: the quicksilver mines closed, a national park was established, isolation and cattle gave way to vacation ranchettes and tourists. ?Big Bend Country is a well-done and useful work and should be welcomed by all lovers of that wonderful country.? ?Dallas Morning News ?If you?ve never been to Big Bend, Ken Ragsdale?s new book will make you want to go there.??Austin American-Statesman.

Author : Benjamin R. Beede
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136746918

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The War of 1898 and U.S. Interventions, 1898T1934 by Benjamin R. Beede Pdf

A fascinating encyclopedic survey of the Spanish-Cuban/American War, the Philippine War, and the small wars between 1899 and the end of the occupation of Haiti in 1934. The name changes themselves are instructive. The usage of "Spanish-American War" ignores the fact that the war in Cuba had been la

Author : James T. Controvich,Martin Gordon
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0810850109

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United States Air Force and Its Antecedents by James T. Controvich,Martin Gordon Pdf

This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.

Author : C. J. Alvarez
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781477319017

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Border Land, Border Water by C. J. Alvarez Pdf

Winner, Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2020 From the boundary surveys of the 1850s to the ever-expanding fences and highway networks of the twenty-first century, Border Land, Border Water examines the history of the construction projects that have shaped the region where the United States and Mexico meet. Tracing the accretion of ports of entry, boundary markers, transportation networks, fences and barriers, surveillance infrastructure, and dams and other river engineering projects, C. J. Alvarez advances a broad chronological narrative that captures the full life cycle of border building. He explains how initial groundbreaking in the nineteenth century transitioned to unbridled faith in the capacity to control the movement of people, goods, and water through the use of physical structures. By the 1960s, however, the built environment of the border began to display increasingly obvious systemic flaws. More often than not, Alvarez shows, federal agencies in both countries responded with more construction—“compensatory building” designed to mitigate unsustainable policies relating to immigration, black markets, and the natural world. Border Land, Border Water reframes our understanding of how the border has come to look and function as it does and is essential to current debates about the future of the US-Mexico divide.