Great Warrior Leaders/Thinkers

  Vandenberg, Hoyt S., 1899-1954

               Air leader during World War II. Second chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force.

February 2003

Compiled by Diana Simpson
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

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Internet Resources

Arlington National Cemetery: Vandenberg
Available at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/hsvanden.htm
Biography and photo.

Directors of Central Intelligence
Available at: http://www.acusd.edu/~cgravell/dci/dci.html
Very brief biography. Click on thumbnail photo for large image of Vandenberg.

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Available at: http://www.af.mil/news/biographies/vandenberg_hs.html
Official USAF biography and color photo.

Books

Please note: A call number beginning with "R" denotes a reference book.

Current Biography, 1945. New York, H.W. Wilson, 1946. 751 p.
Vandenberg, Hoyt S., pp 641-643.
Book call no.: R 920.02 C976 1945

Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 5: 1951-1955, edited by John A. Garraty. New York, Scribner's Sons, 1977. 799 p.
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, pp 705-707.
Book call no.: R 920.07 D56 Suppl. 5

Dictionary of American Military Biography. Volume 3, edited by Roger J. Spiller and others. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1984. 895-1368 p.
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, pp 1130-1133.
Book call no.: R 923.573 D554 v.3

DuPre, Flint O. Air Force Biographical Dictionary. New York, Franklin Watts, 1965. 273 p.
Vandenberg, Hoyt S., p 244.
Book call no.: R 923.573 D942u

Generals of the Army and the Air Force. Volume 2. Washington, Dunleavy, February 1954-January 1955.
See issue dated February 1954, pp 26-27.
Book call no.: R 923.5 G32C v.2 February 1954-January 1955

A History of the United States Air Force, 1907-1957, edited by Alfred Goldberg. Princeton, NJ, Van Nostrand, 1957. 277 p.
See page 156. Copies of this book are also located in the stacks.
Book call no.: R 358.40973 G618h

MacDonald, Callum A. Korea: The War Before Vietnam. New York, Free Press, 1986. 330 p.
Consult index for references to Vandenberg.
Book call no.: 951.9042 M135k

Makers of the United States Air Force, edited by John L. Frisbee. Washington, Office of Air Force History, 1987. 347 p. (USAF Warrior Studies)
Hoyt S. Vandenberg, pp 205-228.
Book call no.: 920.073 M218

Meilinger, Philip S. Hoyt S. Vandenberg: The Life of a General. Bloomington, Indiana University Press,1989. 279 p.
Also available in document format, call number: M-U 43567-229.
Book call no.: 92 V227m

Political Profiles, edited by Neslon Lichtenstein and Eleanora W. Schoenebaum. New York, Facts on File, 1976-1979. 5 vols.
Vol 1: The Truman Years. See pages 575-577.
Vol 2: The Eisenhower Years. See pages 614-615.
Book call no.: R 920.073 P769

Puryear, Edgar F., Jr. Stars in Flight: A Study in Air Force Character and Leadership. Novato, CA, Presidio Press, 1981. 295 p.
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, pp 99-138.
Book call no.: 358.400922 P986s

Webster's American Military Biographies. Springfield, MA, G & C Merriam, 1978. 548 p.
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, p 449.
Book call no.: R 923.5 W385

Documents

Crim, Silver C. Prescription for Developing Military Leadership. Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL, June 1968. 78p.
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, pp 41-44.
Doc. call no.: M-U 35582-7 C929p

Davidson, William H. General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, the Man, the Advocate, the Architect. Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL, June 1966. 60 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U35582-7 D253g

Funk, Carl F. Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg. Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL, June 1965. 54 p.
Doc call no.: M-U 35582-7 F982h

Meilinger, Phillip S. Hoyt S. Vandenberg: The Life of a General. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, 1985. 307 p. ( PHD Thesis, University of Michigan.)
Also available as a book, call number: 92 V227m.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-229

Reynolds, Jon A. Education and Training for High Command: General Hovt S. Vandenberg's  Early Career. Durham, NC, Duke University, 1980. 244 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43567-310

Periodicals

Back in Stride; Air Tactics of the U.S. Ninth Air Force. Time 45:26-28 January 15, 1945.

Coffin, Tris. Vandenberg Runs Our Air Force Team. Coronet 30:96-101 July 1951.

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. Obituary. Air Force 37:27-32 May 1954.

General Van Spells Out Some Air Power. Air Force 34:36-38 July 1951

General Vandenberg Dies at 55. Obituary. New York Times, 1 +, April 3, 1954.

The Leaders. Air Force 40:281-285 August 1957.

Meillinger, Phillip S. Hoyt S. Vandenberg and the Independent Air Force. Air Power History 37:27-36 Fall 1990.

Parrish, Noel F. Vandenberg: Rebuilding the "Shoestring Air Force." Air Force Magazine 64:88-93 August 1981.

Shalett, Sidney. Man on a Hot Spot. Saturday Evening Post 220:23+ May 29, 1948.

U.S. Air Force and Its Boss Are Ready. Newsweek 37:22-24 February 1951.

Warning Siren. Time 59:22-26 May 12, 1952.

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