"[A] fascinating account of an important figure in aviation."—A. M. Strauss, CHOICE
"This book is highly recommended for all readers, and every library should include it on their shelves. It is wonderfully refreshing to read about how the patriotic Russian Alexander P. de Seversky became a true American hero."—Walter J. Boyne, Aviation History
"This book adds a welcome dimension to the tapestry on interwar thinking, aircraft design and the realities of industrial scale production."—Peter Gray, Aerospace
“Alexander P. de Seversky is exactly the right combination of scholarly approach, buff detail, and good writing.”—Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.), the dean of aviation historians and former director of the National Air and Space Museum
“Seversky was obviously a competent and astute observer of the technical, operational, and tactical and strategic aspects of air power. All this marks him as an individual who goes well beyond being merely a thoughtful aviator, a reflective industrialist, or ‘just’ an air-minded air power advocate.”—Dr. Richard P. Hallion, aviation historian and recently retired as Senior Adviser for Air and Space Issues, U.S. Pentagon
“Libbey presents an excellent, up-to-date synthesis of U.S. policies of this period. He analyzes quite perceptively the ways in which air power began to reshape American thinking—and FDR’s in particular—about the foundations of national security.” —Dr. George C. Herring, foreign relations specialist and author of From Colony to Superpower