Papers of I. B. Holley. 1965-2005.

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Papers of I. B. Holley. 1965-2005.

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"After enlisting in the Army Air Forces and serving as an aerial-gunnery instructor during World War II, [Holley] joined the Air Force Reserve in 1947. In the military, he served in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, at the Keesler Technical Training Center in Mississippi, and at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, as mobilization designee to the commander of Air University. By 1976 his talents had taken him to the rank of major general; he retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1981. Meanwhile, for over 60 years he has enjoyed a parallel career as a professor at Duke University, teaching a number of subjects, including military history and the history of technology. General Holley is renowned for his keen insights into how thought affects military organizations and the conduct of war. His landmark book Ideas and Weapons, published in 1953, analyzes the evolution of weaponry between World War I and World War II, notably in terms of the influence of doctrine upon airpower development. He has published other books and innumerable articles, some of which have appeared in Air and Space Power Journal (formerly known as Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, and Aerospace Power Journal). The Air Force Historical Foundation recently honored him by establishing the Major General I. B. Holley Award to honor scholars who have made "a sustained, significant contribution to the documentation of Air Force history during a lifetime of service." The inaugural award went to General Holley for his "decades of assistance, support and encouragement to military historians." http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj08/win08/prelaunch.html

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