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In this, the first full-length examination of civil aviation diplomacy between the United States and Britain in the period from 1919 to 1990, Dobson demonstrates the influence the two countries had in developing the character of the world's civil aviation system. Basing his research on both American and British archives, and on interviews and correspondence with officials and politicians, Dobson builds a detailed picture of the political, strategic, and economic factors behind the long running "peaceful air warfare" between Britain and the United States.