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Look what Seversky wrote (#14) earlier this afternoon over at UD.
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Seversky didn't draw that conclusion in the snippets you provided.
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However, Seversky waged a single-minded crusade to convert his countrymen to the Mitchell vision of airpower: an all-conquering force that would turn the Army and Navy into supporting arms.
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Settling in New York, Seversky founded his own company in 1931 and became a factor in the aviation industry.
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“Air power is the American weapon,” declared Alexander de Seversky in his classic 1942 treatise, Victory Through Air Power.
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Nevertheless, few airmen pushed harder or more eloquently for full development of “the American weapon” than Seversky.
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Seversky bore more credentials than any contemporary: naval officer, airman, fighter ace, engineer, and manufacturer.
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Seversky was an accomplished airman, having been taught to fly by his father at age fourteen in 1908.
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In that regard, Seversky handed off to another émigré from even more unlikely origins.
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Yet for all his background and knowledge, Seversky conjured a peculiar plan.
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