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Nicholson was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, where he grew up on a Thoroughbred farm. He earned a BA, JD, and PhD from the University of Kentucky and is the author of The Kentucky Derby: How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event and Never Say Die: A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry. He is the editor of a forthcoming book series for the University Press of Kentucky entitled Horses in History and has taught courses in American and legal history at UK. He practices law in Lexington and lives in Versailles, Kentucky, with his wife and young son.
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital to myriad diplomatic and humanitarian efforts. Air power has become a means for statesmen to advance a variety of goals, opening up new possibilities and problems in times of peace as well as war.
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