The book, Billy Mitchell: Crusader For Air Power represents the first critical study of one of the United States military’s most controversial officers.  From 1919 until his court-martial in 1925, General Mitchell led a campaign, some say a crusade, to impress upon a skeptical United States government and people the necessity of having a strong American Air Force.  “Billy Mitchell: Crusader For Air Power” avoids dwelling on the sensationalism, which General Mitchell shrewdly created and exploited in waging his campaign.  This book instead represents a thoughtful assessment of a man whose work has had a profound impact on subsequent military engagements.  “Billy Mitchell: Crusader For Air Power” utilizes source documents including General Mitchell’s personal papers, governmental records and the papers of many of the general’s critics, as well as, friends.  President Calvin Coolidge, General John J. Pershing and Dwight Morrow were among those critics while Generals Henry H. Arnold and Carl Spaatz were among his friends.  This book relates in detail the special role General Billy Mitchell played in establishing the important role of airpower, as it exists today.  The major sections of “Billy Mitchell: Crusader For Air Power” are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) Chapter 1 – “A Fair Foundation”; 3) Chapter 2 – “No Decision On The Ground…Before A Decision In The Air”; 4) Chapter 3 – “Everything On A Broad Basis And High Plane”; 5) Chapter 4 – The First Campaign: “Make Them Either ‘Fish Or Cut Bait’”; 6) Chapter 5 – “The First Line Of Offense”; 7) Chapter 6 – The Second Campaign: “Treasonable Administration Of The National Defense”; 8) Chapter 7 – “It Is Difficult To Get Them Stirred Up”; 9) Chapter 8 – “The End Of A Long And Tortuous Road”; 10) Epilogue: An Interpretation; 11) Abbreviations Appearing In Notes And Bibliography; 12) Notes; 13) Bibliography and 14) Index.  In addition to an informative narrative, “Billy Mitchell: Crusader For Air Power” includes approximately 15 black and white photographs.  This book is 180 pages and is in good condition.  The author is Major Alfred F. Hurly, U.S.A.F..  Edition published in 1964.