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1 Gorn, Michael H. Air Staff Historical Study. Harnessing the Genie: Science and Technology Forecasting for the Air Force, 1944-1986.
Washington Office of Air Force History 1988 0912799528 / 9780912799520 First Edition Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
Xiv, 309 pages, illustrations, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, very good. From the foreword: "The story of how the USAF went about guiding aerospace science toward long-term airpower requirements encompassed many institutions and personalities. Basically, it reflected a history of increasing military control over the process, and a decline in outside scientific advice (in particular, the USAF SAB). Air Force science forecasting became increasingly preoccupied with aerospace technologies as ends in themselves, rather than viewing the in organizational and national contexts. Much had changed between the time General Arnold asked Dr. Von Karman to "make me a report" and the prsent, when a major Air Force command, out of its own resources, compiled a gargantuan study of the USAF's future in science. This monograph traces the evolution of the change>" 
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