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    Franklin Roosevelt And General Hap Arnold: The Statesman And The Strategist Build An Air Force
    Franklin Roosevelt And General Hap Arnold: The Statesman And The Strategist Build An Air Force
    Franklin Roosevelt And General Hap Arnold: The Statesman And The Strategist Build An Air Force
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    Franklin Roosevelt And General Hap Arnold: The Statesman And The Strategist Build An Air Force

    By LTC Robert L. Jahns

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    Statesman and soldiers: What is the relationship that exists between the policymaker and the strategist? And, when the policymaker is actively involved in determining the strategies, what is the effect of advice given by the senior military leader and what role should he play in formulating policy and strategy? Given that military officers will continue to provide advice and service to civilian leaders, how do these relationships between the statesman and strategist influence or shape the outcome of policymaking, and can successes or failures be attributed to these personal relationships? This study seeks to examine those questions by reviewing the relationship of the somewhat controversial General Hap Arnold and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The study will initially focus on the strategist, General Arnold, as he developed personally, and some of the background history and politics in the development of the Army Air Forces. Approaching the World War II era, the focus will shift to the building of the world’s greatest air force and the winning of World War II. It will examine the personalities, politics, and policies of the President of the United States in their relationship to General Arnold and other service chiefs. The paper will conclude with thoughts on the relationships between policymakers and strategists to determine if those relationships are still important today and if so, how the strategist can best prepare for this relationship.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786253576
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      Franklin Roosevelt And General Hap Arnold - LTC Robert L. Jahns

      This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1963 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2015, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT AND GENERAL HAP ARNOLD: THE STATESMAN AND THE STRATEGIST BUILD AN AIR FORCE

      by

      Robert L. Jahns, Lt Colonel, USAF

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION 6

      BACKGROUND 8

      CHAPTER II—THE GROWTH OF HAP ARNOLD AND ARMY AVIATION 9

      THE ARMY CAREER AND AVIATION DEVELOPMENT 9

      ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE AIR CORPS 14

      CHAPTER III—ROOSEVELT AND ARNOLD: POWERFUL PERSONALITIES 16

      FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT 16

      GENERAL HAP ARNOLD 17

      CHAPTER IV—THE BUILDING OF THE AIR ARMADA 20

      ARNOLD BECOMES CHIEF OF THE AIR CORPS 20

      MILITARY ADVICE, 1938-1941 22

      MILITARY ADVICE, 1941-1945 25

      CHAPTER V—CONCLUSIONS 28

      IMPACT OF THE RELATIONSHIP 28

      IMPACT OF THE ADVICE 29

      SUMMARY 30

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 31

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 33

      ABSTRACT

      Statesman and soldiers: What is the relationship that exists between the policymaker and the strategist? And, when the policymaker is actively involved in determining the strategies, what is the effect of advice given by the senior military leader and what role should he play in formulating policy and strategy? Given that military officers will continue to provide advice and service to civilian leaders, how do these relationships between the statesman and strategist influence or shape the outcome of policymaking, and can successes or failures be attributed to these personal relationships? This study seeks to examine those questions by reviewing the relationship of the somewhat controversial General Hap Arnold and the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The study will initially focus on the strategist, General Arnold, as he developed personally, and some of the background history and politics in the development of the Army Air Forces. Approaching the World War II era, the focus will shift to the building of the world’s greatest air force and the winning of World War II. It will examine the personalities, politics, and policies of the President of the United States in their relationship to General Arnold and other service chiefs. The paper will conclude with thoughts on the relationships between policymakers and strategists to determine if those relationships are still important today and if so, how the strategist can best prepare for this relationship.

      CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION

      Arnold was charged first and foremost with the responsibility of building an American Air Force. Roosevelt was with him all the way in his struggle against the isolationists, but only part way with him in his struggle against the interventionists, especially one of the most powerful—Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, whom Roosevelt had put in charge of procurement. Morgenthau was also responsible for managing the lend-lease and military grant program. On March 5, Arnold was called to testify before a house committee on the development of air power and mentioned the giveaway" of

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