ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Many pertinent General Accounting Office reports are reprinted in the Hearings of the Joint Economic Committee.

CONGRESS

• Joint Economic Committee
  • Subcommittee on Economy in Government, Hearings, Economics of Military Procurement. Parts 1 and 2, 1968, Report, 1969.
  • Subcommittee on Economy in Government, Hearings, The Acquisition of Weapons Systems. Parts 1 and 2, 1970; Parts 3, 4 and 5, 1972; Part 6, 1973. Senator William Proxmire's critical investigations of defense procurement.

SENATE

• Committee on Armed Services, Hearings, Weapons Systems Acquisition Process.
  • First and Second Sessions, 1972. A general but searching inquiry into defense procurement.
  • Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Report. Investigation of the Preparedness Program. 1952. Criticism of the Korean War mobilization.
  • Preparedness Subcommittee Number One, Hearings, Aircraft Procurement. Contract Award of C-119 Cargo Planes by Air Force. 1953. The inquiry into the Kaiser-Frazer contract.
  • Subcommittee, Hearings, Military Procurement. 1959. Useful for the mechanics of defense procurement.
  • Subcommittee on the Air Force, Hearings, Study of Airpower. 1956. A rambling, lengthy discussion of many aspects of airpower.

HOUSE

• Committee on Government Operations
  • Subcommittee, Hearings, Navy Jet Aircraft Procurement Program. 1956. The investigation of F3H procurement.
• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee for Special Investigations
    • Hearings, Aircraft Production Costs and Profits. 1956. An inquiry made too early to be of great use for the period 1945-1973.
    • Hearings, Study of AF Contract AF 33 (038)-18503 General Motors Corp.-Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division. 1957. Investigation of General Motors' profits in manufacturing F-84Fs.

OTHER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

• Comptroller General, Adverse Effects of Large-Scale Production of Major Weapons Before Completion of Development and Testing, Department of the Navy. 1970. Analysis of the effectiveness of concurrent development.
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Fifty Years of Aeronautical Research. 1967. A useful survey.
• President's Air Policy Commission, Survival in the Air Age. 1948. The Finletter Report.

PRINCIPAL PERIODICALS

• Aviation Week and Space Technology (Aviation, Aviation Week), New York, 1916-, Weekly, 1945 through 1972. The principal trade journal. Crammed with key information.
• Business Week, New York, 1929-, Weekly, 1946 through 1972. Excellent material on industries and individual firms. Gives a broad view of business.
• Flying, New York, 1927-, Monthly, 1946 through 1972. A general aviation publication but occasionally useful for military or commercial aviation.
• Fortune, New York, 1930--, Monthly, 1946 through 1972. Excellent material on industries and individual firms.
• Newsweek, New York, 1933-, Weekly, 1946 through 1972. Has occasional insights into firms and industries.
• Time, New York, 1923-, Weekly, 1946 through 1972. Has occasional insights into firms and industries.
• U.S. News and World Report, Washington, D.C., 1933-, Weekly, 1946 through 1972. Has informative interviews with key individuals.
• Wall Street Journal, New York, 1889-, Monday through Friday, 1958 through 1972. Excellent material on industries, individual firms and government. Gives a broad view of business.

UNPUBLISHED

• Alchian, A. A., Arrow, K. J., and Capron, W. M. "An Economic Analysis of the Market for Scientists and Engineers. " RAND Corporation, Research Memorandum RM-2190-RC, 6 June 1958. The title is an accurate description.
• Asher, Harold. "Cost-Quantity Relationships in the Airframe Industry." RAND Corporation Study No. R-291, 1956. Details of the learning curve.
• Miller, Thomas G., Jr. "Strategies for Survival in the Aerospace Industry." Arthur D. Little, 1964. A well-done study soon outdated by the Vietnam War and airliner technical developments.
• Nelson, R. R. "The Economics of Parallel Rand D Efforts: A Sequential-Decision Analysis." RAND Corporation No. RM-2482, 12 November 1959. The case for duplication in development.
• Stanford Research Institute. "The Industry-Government Aerospace Relationship." Vol. I, "Report." Vol. II, "Supporting Research." SRI Project No. IS-4216. Menlo Park, California, 1963. Contains significant analyses but partly outdated by the end of the McNamara era.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

• Reguero, Miguel Angel. "An Economic Study of the Military Airframe Industry." New York University, 1958. The industry as it was in 1958.
• Shin, Tai Saeng. "A Financial Analysis of the Airframe-Turned Aerospace Industry." University of Illinois, 1969. The application of various financial test systems to the industry.
• Simonson, Gene Roger. "Economics of the Aircraft Industry." University of Washington, 1959. Shallow.

BOOKS

• Aerospace Industries Association of America. 1969 Aerospace Facts and Figures. Fallbrook, Calif.: Aero Publishers, 1969. Earlier editions: 1953, 1963-68. Best source for assembled statistics.
• Armacost, Michael H. The Politics of Weapons Innovation: The Thor-Jupiter Controversy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. Analysis of procurement decision process in the fifties.
• Art, Robert J. The TFX Decision: McNamara and the Military. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968. Analysis of the changing of the decision process under McNamara.
• Baar, James, and Howard, William E. Polaris!. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1960. Journalistic version of the development of the missile.
• Baldwin, William L. The Structure of the Defense Market, 1955-1964. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1967. Analysis of the industry and its market. See also Stekler.
• Boeing Company, The. Pedigree of Champions: Boeing since 1916. 3rd ed. Seattle, Wash.: The Boeing Company, 1969. Booklet of data on Boeing aircraft.
• Brooks, Peter W. The Modern Airliner: Its Origins and Development. London: Putnam, 1961. Valuable perspective.
• Caidin, Martin. Boeing 707. New York: Ballantine Books, 1959. Mostly an operational view.
• -. The Long Arm of America: The Story of the Amazing Hercules Air Assault Transport and Our Revolutionary Global Strike Forces. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1963. Mostly an operational view.
• Chapman, John L. Atlas: The Story of a Missile. New York: Harper, 1960. Similar to Polaris!
• Clayton, James L. The Economic Impact of the Cold War: Sources and Readings. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1970. Useful look at a factor of great importance to the aerospace industry.
• Craven, Wesley Frank, and Cate, James Lea, eds. The Army Air Forces In World War II. Vol. 6, Men and Planes. Vol. 7, Services Around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1955, 1958. Official history with background to this study.
• Davies, R. E. G. A History of the World's Airlines. London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Detailed account with insights.
• Davis, Vincent. Postwar Defense Policy and the U.S. Navy, 1943-1946. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1966. Together with the following book, provides understanding of Navy actions since World War II.
• -. The Admirals' Lobby. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967.
• Day, John S. Subcontracting Policy in the Airframe Industry. Boston: Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1956. Definitive for its time.
• Dempster, Derek D. The Tale of the Comet. New York: David McKay, 1959. A popular history.
• Fitzgerald, A. Ernest. The High Priests of Waste. New York: W. W. Norton. 1972. Impassioned story of a victim of bureaucracy. Excellent account of the mechanics of bureaucracy.
• Futrell, Robert Frank. The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961. Official history limited to operations.
• General Dynamics Corp. Dynamic America: A History of General Dynamics Corporation and Its Predecessor Companies. Switzerland: Doubleday, 1960. A picture history.
• Hartt, Julian. The Mighty Thor: Missile in Readiness. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1961. Journalistic.
• Heiman, Grover. Jet Pioneers. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. Journalistic.
• Hesse, Walter J., and Mumford, Nicholas V. S., Jr. Jet Propulsion for Aerospace Applications. 2nd ed. New York: Pitman, 1964. Engineering text.
• Higham, Robin. Air Power, A Concise History. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. Scholarly coverage of all aspects of airpower. Source of the Wave Cycle of Development concept.
• Hitch, Charles J. Decision-Making for Defense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. This and the following are rationales for introducing economics into defense management by an architect of the system.
• -, and McKean, Roland N. The Economics of Defense in the Nuclear Age. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1960.
• Holley, Irving Brinton, Jr. Buying Aircraft: Materiel Procurement for the Army Air Forces. Vol. 7 of Special Studies, United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1964. Definitive.
• Hubler, Richard G. Big Eight: A Biography of an Airplane. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. A popular history of the DC-8.
• -. SAC: The Strategic Air Command. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1958. A popular history.
• Hunter, Mel. Strategic Air Command. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1961. A picture book.
• Kaufman, Richard F. The War Profiteers. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1970. Sensationalist but with useful insights.
• Kelly, Charles J., Jr., The Sky's the Limit: The History of the Airlines. New York: Coward-McCann, 1963. Useful.
• LeMay, Curtis E., with Kantor, MacKinlay. Mission With LeMay: My Story. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965. Opinions of the dominant individual in the Air Force in the period of the study.
• Lilley, Tom; Hunt, Pearson; Butters, J. Keith; Gilmore, Frank F.; and Lawler, Paul F. Problems of Accelerating Aircraft Production during World War II. Boston: Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1946. Definitive.
• Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Of Men and Stars: A History of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1957-1958. Journalistic.
• Mansfield, Harold. Billion Dollar Battle: The Story Behind the "Impossible" 727 Project. New York: David McKay, 1965. Very detailed popular history.
• -. Vision: The Story of Boeing. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1966. An uncritical, detailed popular history.
• Martin, Harold H. Starlifter: The C-141, Lockheed's High-Speed Flying Truck. Brattleboro, Vennont: Stephen Greene, 1972. Journalistic.
• Maynard, Crosby, ed. Flight Plan for Tomorrow: The Douglas Story, A Condensed History. 2nd ed. Santa Monica, Calif.: Douglas Aircraft Company, 1966. Very brief text with data on Douglas' aircraft.
• Medaris, J. B. Countdown for Decision. New York: Paperback Library, 1961, originally 1960. Army view of the advent of missiles and space.
• Melman, Seymour. Pentagon Capitalism: The Political Economy of War. New York: McGraw-Hili, 1970. Sensationalist but contains valuable ideas.
• Miller, Ronald, and Sawers, David. The Technical Development of Modern Aviation. New York: Praeger, 1970. Probing and detailed.
• Millis, Walter, with Mansfield, Harvey C., and Stein, Harold. Arms and the State: Civil-Military Elements in National Policy. New York: Twentieth Century Fund, 1958. Useful for evaluating postwar national strategy.
• Neal, Roy. Ace in the Hole: The Story of the Minuteman Missile. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1962. Journalistic.
• Pace, Dean Francis. Negotiation and Management of Defense Contracts. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1970. Details of the mechanics of contracting with the Defense Department.
• Peck, Merton J., and Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis. Boston: Graduate School of Business Administration Harvard University, 1962. Definitive for period covered.
• Polmar, Norman. Aircraft Carriers: A Graphic History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1969. The roles and development of carrier aviation.
• Proxmire, William. Report from Wasteland: America's Military-Industrial Complex. New York: Praeger, 1970. Sensationalist but with valuable insights.
• Rae, John B. Climb to Greatness: The American Aircraft Industry, 1920-1960. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 1968. A scholarly history, but skimpy for the period since World War II.
• Reed, Arthur. Britain's Aircraft Industry: What Went Right? What Went Wrong?. London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1973. Insights into an industry having similarities to America's. Journalistic.
• Rees, Ed. The Manned Missile: The Story of the B-70. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. Brief, journalistic.
• Reynolds, Clark G. The Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Evolution of U.S. naval strategy in World War II.
• Rice, Berkeley. The C-5A Scandal: An Inside Story of the Military-Industrial Complex. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Sensationalist.
• Richards, Leverett G. TAC: The Story of the Tactical Air Command. New York: John Day, 1961. Journalistic. Emphasis is on operations.
• Rickenbacker, Edward V. Rickenbacker. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett, 1969, originally 1967. Views of a key leader in the airline industry.
• Ries, John C. The Management of Defense: Organization and Control of the U.S. Armed Services. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins Press, 1964. A criticism of centralization in the Pentagon.
• Rogow, Arnold A. James Forrestal: A Study of Personality, Politics, and Policy. New York: Macmillan, 1963. Valuable for understanding defense policy in the early postwar years.
• Rutkowski, Edwin H. The Politics of Military Aviation Procurement, 1926-1934: A Study in the Political Assertion of Consensual Values. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1966. Useful as background to subsequent procurement.
• Schlaifer, Robert. Development of Aircraft Engines: Two Studies of Relations between Government and Business (includes Development of Aviation Fuels, by S. D. Heron). Boston: Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1950. Definitive on piston and early jet engines.
• Schwiebert, Ernest G. A History of the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missiles. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965. Brief early history of ballistic missiles.
• Serling, Robert J. The Electra Story. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963. Journalistic.
• Setright, L. J. K. The Power to Fly: The Development of the Piston Engine in Aviation. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Brief but useful.
• Schrader, Welman A. Fifty Years of Flight: A Chronicle of the Aviation Industry in America, 1903-1953. Cleveland, Ohio: Eaton Manufacturing Company, 1953. Some statistics of worth.
• Smith, Perry McCoy. The Air Force Plans for Peace 1943-1945. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. The best detailed analysis of the views of the Air Force carried into the postwar era.
• Smith, Richard Austin. Corporations in Crisis. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963. Reprints of Fortune magazine articles covering some critical periods for Boeing, Martin, and General Dynamics.
• Stekler, Herman O. The Structure and Performance of the Aerospace Industry. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. Valuable analysis of the industry in the sixties. See also Baldwin.
• Stewart, Oliver. Aviation: The Creative Ideas. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Brief but useful.
• Swanborough, F. G. United States Military Aircraft Since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963. Aircraft data.
• Truman, Harry S. Memoirs. Vol. 1, Year of Decisions. Vol. 2, Years of Trial and Hope. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1955-1956. Provides information on postwar defense policy.
• Ulanoff, Stanley M. MATS: The Story of the Military Air Transport Service. New York: Franklin Watts, 1964. Sketchy.
• Wagner, Ray. American Combat Planes. Rev. ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1968. Aircraft data.
• Whitnah, Donald R. Safer Skyways: Federal Control of Aviation, 1926-1966. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1966. Valuable survey of the role of the FAA in the airline industry.
• Who's Who in Aviation, A Directory of Living Men and Women Who Have Contributed to the Growth of Aviation in the United States, 1942-1943. New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1942. This and the following book are somewhat early for this study.
• Who's Who in World Aviation and Astronautics. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: American Aviation Publications, 1958.

OTHER

• Company Annual Reports.
• Letter to Author from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 23 May 1973.