A Question Of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell And The Court-Martial That Gripped The Nation by Douglas C. Waller instant download

A Question Of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell And The Court-Martial That Gripped The Nation by Douglas C. Waller instant download

Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-424) and index, Exile -- Flight of the Shenandoah -- \"Criminal ... treasonable\" -- Mitchell problem -- Tribunal -- Challenge -- Promise -- \"Not guilty\" -- Love -- Insubordination and the truth -- War -- Preparing for battle -- Triumph -- Tables turned -- Pearl Harbor -- Bombshell -- Reinforcements -- Prelude -- Cross-examination -- \"Crushing\" -- \"Damned rot\" -- Siege -- \"Lawless\" -- Verdict -- Resignation -- Periphery -- End -- Epilogue -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index, It had all the ingredients of a movie drama: a scandal that grips Washington and touches the White House; bitter battles and backroom intrigue at the highest levels of the U.S. military; glamorous women who make or break the careers of powerful men; a high-stakes trial with a celebrity defendant who captures the nation's attention. A Question of Loyalty plunges into the seven-week Washington trial of Gen. William \"Billy\" Mitchell, the hero of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I and the man who proved in 1921 that planes could sink a battleship. In 1925 Mitchell was frustrated by the slow pace of aviation development, and he sparked a political firestorm, accusing the army and navy high commands, and by inference the president, of treason and criminal negligence in the way they conducted national defense. He was put on trial for insubordination in a spectacular court-martial that became a national obsession during the Roaring Twenties. Douglas Waller has crafted a compelling new biography of the daring Billy Mitchell, a larger-than-life figure remembered as much for his outspokenness as for his innovations in the use of airpower. Waller has uncovered a trove of new letters, diaries, and confidential documents that have enabled him to capture in detail the drama of the court and to build a rich and revealing biography of Mitchell, one of the army's most controversial and flamboyant generals. Born to