General Thomas Dresser White: Renaissance Man in a Dark Age

Abstract

General Thomas D. White's path to Chief of Staff of the Air Force was unorthodox. By talent, inclination, and background, White was an intellectual and diplomat at a time when senior leader ranks were dominated by operational expertise. Not until General Larry Welch would the Air Force see as diverse a leader at its helm. Whites worldview broadened Air Force priorities and policies in the early Cold War era and left a Service better able to meet national security objectives in aerospace - a term he himself championed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1015731

Entities

People

  • Christopher L. Winklepleck

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Flight Training
  • Geography
  • Instructors
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space