TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Scott W. TI - Dictatorship of the air: aviation culture and the fate of modern Russia SN - 0521859573 (hardback) AV - TL 515 P176d 2006 U1 - 629.1300947 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Aeronáutica KW - Historia KW - Aviación KW - Rusia KW - Aeronautics KW - Russia (Federation) KW - History KW - Technology transfer KW - Soviet Union KW - Technology and state N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index; 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006002826-b.html ER -