Empire of the air : the men who made radio

__Empire of the Air__ tells the story of three American visionaries—Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff—whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Tom Lewis weaves the story of these men and their achievements into a richly detailed and moving narrative that spans the first half of the twentieth century, a time when the American romance with science and technology was at its peak. __Empire of the Air__ is a tale of pioneers on the frontier of a new technology, of American entrepreneurial spirit, and of the tragic collision between inventor and corporation. EMPIRE OF THE AIR Contents Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Paperback Edition PROLOGUE: A New Empire for a New Century CHAPTER 1: The Faith in the Future CHAPTER 2: The Will to Succeed CHAPTER 3: “What Wireless Is Yet to Be” CHAPTER 4: Sarnoff and Marconi: Inventing a Legend CHAPTER 5: Wireless Goes to War CHAPTER 6: Releasing the Art: The Creation of RCA CHAPTER 7: Snapshots from the First Age of Broadcasting CHAPTER 8: Court Fight CHAPTER 9: The Godlike Presence CHAPTER 10: Armstrong and the FM Revolution CHAPTER 11: The Wizard War CHAPTER 12: “Until I’m Dead or Broke” CHAPTER 13: Victories Great and Small EPILOGUE: The Empire in Decline Sources and Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index "Biography of 3 Americans, Lee de Forest, Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff, who turned a hobbyists' toy into radio, and launch the modern communications age. The narrative of their creations is punctuated by acts of idealism and imagination, greed and envy, ambition and determination--and genius. It covers 1899 to 1954"-- Provided by publisher