Herbert A Johnson: 4 books
Wingless Eagle
U.S. Army Aviation through World War I
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2003
At the start of the twentieth century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903. Fifteen years later, however, American airmen flew European-designed aircraft because...
by Paul Kens, Herbert A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
In The Supreme Court under Morrison R. Waite, 1874-1888, Paul Kens provides a history of the Court during a time that began in the shadow of the Civil War and ended with America on the verge of establishing itself as an industrial world power. Morrison R. Waite (1816-1888) led the Court through a...
The Supreme Court in the Early Republic
The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
William R. Casto sheds a new light on America’s federal judiciary and the changing legal landscape with his detailed examination of the Supreme Court’s formative years. In a study that spans the period from the Court’s tentative beginnings through the appointment of its third chief justice,...
by James W. Ely Jr., Herbert A. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In the first book in a generation to offer a fresh interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James Ely provides a judicial biography of the man who led the court from 1888 until 1910 as well as a comprehensive and thoughtful analysis of the jurisprudence...