Word: arma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seversky argues that the men who made the air mistakes have no business ruling the U.S. air in 1942. From the recent past, he hauls many a U.S. mistake to prove his point. He declares that U.S. pursuit planes were scandalously lacking in power, arma ment, range and over-all combat efficiency when World War II began, that many models now in production are already out-of-date. Says Sascha: "It is about time we stopped bragging. ... If we continue to live in a fool's paradise of self-congratulation and far-fetched alibis, there is nothing ahead...
...with a twofold object: "First, he wanted to divert the attention of the American people from difficult and involved inner political problems. . . . Second, by the creation of war opinion and through rumors about the danger threatening Europe, he wanted to get the Amer ican people to accept an enormous arma ment program...