Scarecrow Press
Pages: 192
Trim: 8¾ x 11
978-0-8108-5010-1 • Hardback • June 2004 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
James Controvich has been publishing research oriented bibliographies for both the private sector and government military history programs for more than 25 years. His Scarecrow Press bibliography of United States Army Unit and Organizational histories has won major awards: Thomas Jefferson Prize for Best Reference Book of the Year, Society for History in the Federal Government 2003 Prize for Best Military History Book of the Year, Reference Category, Society for Military History 2004.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1. User's Guide
Chapter 3 2. Named Commands
Chapter 4 3. Numbered Air Forces
Chapter 5 4. Numbered Commands
Chapter 6 5. Air Divisions
Chapter 7 6. Wings
Chapter 8 7. Groups
Chapter 9 8. Squadrons
Chapter 10 9. Aviation Engineers
Chapter 11 10. Women's Army Corps (WAC)
Chapter 12 11. Miscellaneous Numbered Units
Chapter 13 12. Miscellaneous Named Units
Chapter 14 13. Air Force Installations
Chapter 15 14. United States Air Force Academy
Chapter 16 15. Air National Guard State Histories
Chapter 17 16. Americans in Foreign Service
Chapter 18 17. Civil Air Patrol
Chapter 19 Appendix: Library Location Codes
Chapter 20 Index
Chapter 21 About the Author
This is a very useful tool for the serious historian and researcher.
— Skyways Reviews
This expanded and revised edition of a bibliography originally compiled for the US Air Force Historical Research Agency offers a listing of unofficial published histories of the US Air Force and its antecedents. Entries encompass personal narratives, photgraphic and pictorial histories, battle maps, published and printed rosters, officially produced titles, and privately sponsored and unofficial histories. The book will be of use to military aviation historians, libaries, and unit history collectors.
— Reference and Research Book News