Palmer, Scott W.,  1967- <br/><br/>
Dictatorship of the air :  aviation culture and the fate of modern Russia / 
Scott W. Palmer. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2006. 
 - xx, 307 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge centennial of flight .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index. 
<br/><br/>Imperial aviation, 1909-1917 -- The dawn of Russian aviation -- "The air fleet is the strength of Russia" -- The origins and institutions of the Soviet air fleet, 1917-1929 -- Mandating Red aviation -- The images and institutions of Soviet air-mindedness -- Aeronautical iconography and political legitimacy -- Aviation in service to the state -- Soviet aviation in the age of Stalin, 1929-1945 -- Soviet aviation and Stalinist culture -- "Higher, faster, farther!" -- Red phoenix. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521859573 (hardback) 9780521859578 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006002826 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA655715  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013494780  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronáutica--Historia.<br/>Aviación--Historia.<br/>Aeronáutica--Historia--Rusia.<br/>Aeronautics--History.--Russia (Federation)<br/>Technology transfer--Soviet Union.<br/>Technology and state--Russia (Federation)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics--History.--Soviet Union
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL 515  / P176d 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.1300947