"The story of Gen. Carl "Tooey" Spaatz's life is more than a biography of one of America's great military leaders. It is a history of the development of airpower, and an inside look at the long, difficult struggle to win autonomy for the U.S. Air Force." -- From the publisher.

An airman's roots -- The Great War -- Pursuit aircraft and military aviation -- Bombers and the depression thirties -- Going to war -- Reversing the tide in the Mediterranean -- Winning air superiority over Western Europe -- The tactical exploitation -- The strategic exploitation -- An end and a beginning -- Creating the Air Force.