Aviation pioneer and Air Force leader who led the Eighth Air Force in its daylight precision bombing over Germany during World War II.
February 1998
Prepared by Diana Simpson
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
Contents
American Airpower Biography: Eaker
Eaker (image and brief biography)
Please note: A call number beginning with R
denotes a reference book.
Arnold, Henry Harley and Eaker, Ira Clarence.
Army Flyer. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1942. 299 p.
Book call no.: 629.1307 Ar6a
Arnold, Henry Harley and Eaker, Ira Clarence.
This Flying Game. New York, Funk and Wagnalls,1936. 275
p.
Book call no.: 629.13 Ar6t
Arnold, Henry Harley and Eaker, Ira Clarence.
Winged Warfare. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1941. 265
p.
Book call no.: 358A A755w
Coffey, Thomas M. Decision Over Schweinfurt:
The U.S. 8th Air Force Battle for Davlight Bombing. New
York, McKay, 1977. 373 p.
See index under Eaker, BrigGen Ira C.
Book call no.: 940.544973 C674d
Copp, DeWitt S. A Few Great Captains.
Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1980. 531 p.
Book call no.: 358.0973 C785f
Copp, DeWitt S. Forged in Fire: Strategy
and Decisions in the Air War over Europe 1940-45. Garden City,
NY, Doubleday, 1982. 531 p.
Book call no.: 940.544973 C785f
Current Biography.
1942. New York, H.W. Wilson, 1942. 940 p.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. pp 226-227.
Book call no.: R 920.02 C976
Dictionarv of American Military Biography.
Volume 1, edited by Roger J. Spiller and others. Westport, CT,
Greenwood Press, 1984. 419 p.
Eaker, Ira Clarence, pp 292-295.
Book call no.: R 923.573 D554 v.1
Hansell, Haywood S. Strategic Air War Against
Germanv and Japan. Washington, Office of Air Force History,
1986. 300 p.
Consult index for references to Gen. Eaker.
Book call no.: 940.544973 H294sa
James D. Clayton. A Time for Giants: Politics
of the American High Command in World War II. New York, Franklin
Watts, 1987. 317 p.
Point Man for Arnold and Spaatz: Eaker, pp 160-169.
See index for other references to Eaker.
Book call no.: 940.540973 J27t
Messenger, Charles. 'Bomber' Harris and
the Strategic Bombing Offensive. 1939-1945. New York,St
Martin's Press, 1984. 244 p.
See index under Eaker, General Ira C.
Book call no.: 940.544941 M584b
National Aviation Hall of Farne (U.S.). Enshrinee
Album: "The First Twenty-One Years", by James
W. Jacobs. Ist ed. Dayton, OH, National Aviation Hall of Fame,
1984. 230 p.
Eaker, pp 58-59, includes portrait.
Book call no.: R 926.2913 N277e
Parton, James. "Air Force Spoken Here":
General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air. Bethesda, MD,
Adler and Adler, 1986. 557 p.
Book call no.: 92 Elllp
Watts, Barry D. The Foundations of US Air
Doctrine: The Problem of Friction in War. Maxwell AFB, AL,
Air University, 1984. 166 p.
General Eaker's Presentation of the Combined Bomber Offensive
Plan to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, pp 133-130.
Book call no.: 358.400973 W348f
Webster, Charles and Frankland, Noble. The
Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany. 1939-1945. Volume
2: Endeavour. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961. 322
p. (History of the Second World War. Volume 7, part 2).
See index: Eaker, LtGen Ira.
Book call no.: R 940.542 H673 v.7 pt 2
Webster's American Military Biographies.
Springfield, MA, G & C Merriam, 1978. 548 p.
Eaker, Ira Clarence, p 111.
Book call no.: R 923.5 W385
Bauer, Paul A. The Heroic Leader: A Role
for the Eighties? Maxwell AFB, AL, Apr 1982. 57 p. (Air University.
Air Command and Staff College. Research report)
Doc.call no.: M-U 43122 B3442h
Eaker, Ira Clarence. The Military Profession.
Then, Now and Tomorrow. Maxwell AFB, AL, 1964. 14 p.
Remarks of LtGen Ira Eaker, USAF, at the Daedalian Dining-In,
Maxwell AFB, Nov 21, 1964.
Doc. call no.: M-U 38043-150
Eaker, Ira Clarence. Some Observations on
Leadership. Maxwell AFB, AL, 1961. 13 p.
Remarks of LtGen Ira Eaker, USAF, at the Fifteenth Anniversary
Celebration of Air University, Mar 17, 1961.
Doc. call no.: M-U 38043 E11s
Green, Joe B. Ira C. Eaker. Maxwell
AFB, AL, Jun 1967. 69 p. (Air University. Air Command and Staff
College. Professional study)
Doc. call no.: M-U 3SS82-7 G796i
Hollingsworth, David M. Ira C. Eaker and
Curtis E. LeMay: Great Warriors. Maxwell AFB, AL, Apr 1985.
50 p. (Air University. Air Command and Staff College. Research
report)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 H7411i
Reed, Ronald D. General Ira Eaker as a Model
of Air Power Spokesmanship. Maxwell AFB, AL, Apr 1988. 28
p. (Air University (U. S.) Air Command and Staff College. Research
report)
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 R325g
Asprey, Robert B. Combat Leadership. Marine
Corps Gazette 46:24-31 Nov '62
Blytheville Installation To Be Named for Eaker.
Air Force Times 48:20 May 30 '88.
Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to LtGen Ira
C. Eaker. Aerospace Historian 27:71-72 Mar '80
Daniell, R. Team That Harries Hitler. New
York Times Magazine, pp 3-5 +, Jun 6 '43.
Doolittle Gets His Fourth Star. Current
News, Part 2, p 2, Apr 10 '85.
Includes comment about Gen Eaker's promotion to a four-star
general.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. Cassino Controversy. Air
Force Times 34:13 May 8 '74.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. The FIying Fortress and
the Liberator. Aerospace Historian 26:66-68 Jun '79.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. Men in the Missile Age.
Ordnance 43:223-226 Sep-Oct '58.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. The Military Professional.
Air University Review 26:2-11 Jan-Feb '75.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. Resigning in Opposition
Examined. National Defense 65:18 Jan '81.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. Some Observations on Leadership.
Airpower Historian 8:156-160 Jul '61.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. U.S. Day Raids and RAF
Night Bombings Are Best Use of Each. Newsweek 21:20 Feb 11
'43.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. War to War. FIying
101:180-183 Sep '77.
Eaker, Ira Clarence. What the Army Has To Tell.
Army Information Digest 2:2-5 Mar '47.
Eaker: He Likes Poker, Cigars and Bombs. Newsweek
20:22 Oct 5 '42.
Eighth's Leader. Time 42:34+ Aug 30 '43.
Gen. Ira C. Eaker, Air Pioneer, Dies. Air
Force Times 48:30 Aug 17 '87.
Gen. Ira C. Eaker, USAF (Ret). National
Defense 72:78 Oct '87.
General Ira Eaker Dies at 91. Dispatch 32:1
+ Aug 13 '87.
LtGen Ira C. Eaker. Congressional Record
No.1,pt 2:S337-S339 Jan 3 '85.
McFadden, Robert D. Ira C. Eaker, 91, Is Dead;
Helped Create Air Force. New York Times, sec 1, p 32, col 1,
Aug 8 '87.
Metcalf, Arthur G. B. Gen lra C. Eaker, USAF
(Ret), A Eulogy. Strategic Review 15:4-5 Fall '87.
Milton, T. R. Eaker of the Eighth. Air Force
Magazine 70:36-39 Oct '87.
New Boss for the Eighth Air Force in Britain.
Time 41:58+ Mar 1 '43.
Parton, James. Eaker's Pan-American Mission.
Air Force Magazine 69:179-180+ Sep '86.
Adapted from James Parton's "Air Force Spoken Here":
General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air.
Parton, James. General Ira Eaker, Creator of
the Eighth Air Force. Air Power History 39:31-34 Fall '92
Parton, James. LtGen Ira C. Eaker, USAF (Ret)--an
Aide's Memoir. Aerospace Historian 34:226-235 Winter-Dec
'87.
Parton, James. Mid-Air Conection--Two
1929 Adventures and Their Present Importance. Aerospace
Historian 33:I58-164 Fall '86.
Adapted from James Parton's "Air Force Spoken Here":
General Ira Eaker and the Command of the Air.
Patton, James. General Ira Eaker, Creator of
the Eighth Air Force. Air Power Historv 39:31-34 Fall '92.
Special Medal Honors Gen Eaker as Pioneer.
Air Force Times 40:8 Dec 31 '79.
Wentworth, Howard. No. 0-7478 Retired.
Air Force 30:30-33+ Jun '47.
Wolk, Herman S. Prelude to D-Day: The
Bomber Offensive--the (Operation) Overlord Air Dispute.
Air Force Magazine 57:60-67 Jun '74.