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Lobbying the History of Enola Gay

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Fifty years later, the National Air and Space Museum was in the final stages of preparing an exhibition on the Enola Gay's historic mission when eighty-one members of Congress angrily demanded cancellation of the planned display and the resignation or dismissal of the museum's director.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-04-19
Mått155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt756 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor477
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781468479072

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1 Remembrances.- 2 A Solemn Vow.- 3 The National Air and Space Museum.- 4 A New Director.- 5 A Reluctant Start.- 6 Searching for a Home to Display the Enola Gay.- 7 Planning an Exhibition.- 8 The Impatient Veteran.- 9 An Enthusiastic Advocate.- 10 Restoration and Authenticity.- 11 A Smithsonian Debate.- 12 A Battle for the Museum Extension.- 13 Only Five Old Men.- 14 Japan.- 15 Funding and Approval.- 16 Losing Friends.- 17 The Script.- 18 Once-Secret Documents.- 19 The AFA Lobbies for Its Own Version of History.- 20 An Intricate Military Web.- 21 Internal Dissent and Regrouping.- 22 A Search for New Allies.- 23 The Military Coalition and the Service Historians.- 24 The Media and a National Museum’s Defenses.- 25 Negotiating the Script.- 26 The New Secretary—Smithsonian Support Wavers.- 27 Japanese Doubts.- 28 Cancellation.- 29 The Immediate Aftermath.- 30 The Last Act.- Epilogue.- Chronology of Significant Events 43.- Notes.