Air power history : turning points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cass series--studies in air power, 1368-5597 ; 13 Cass series--studies in air power ; 13.
Subject:	Air power -- History. Air warfare -- History. Aeronautics, Military. Aeronautics, Military. Air power. Air warfare. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11302911

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Other authors / contributors:	Cox, Sebastian. Gray, Peter, 1953 June 13-
ISBN:	9781135315986 1135315981 9781315040158 1315040158 9781135316129 1135316120 9781135316051 1135316058 0714652911 9780714652917 0714682578 9780714682570
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	He 20th century saw air power transformed from novelists' fantasy into stark reality. From string and canvas to precision weaponry and stealth, air power has progressed to become not only the weapon of first political choice, but often the only conceivable option. This rapid development has given rise to considerable debate and controversy with those holding entrenched views rarely slow to shout their case. Many myths have grown over the period, ranging from the once much vaunted ability of air power to win wars alone through to its impact as a coercive tool. This volume examines the th.
Other form:	Print version: Air power history 0714652911

Table of Contents:

Learning in real time: the development and implementation of air power in the First World War / Tami Biddle
Achieving air ascendancy: challenge and response in British strategic air defence, 1915-40 / John Ferris
The Royal Naval Air Service: a very modern service / Christina J.M. Goulter
The Luftwaffe and lessons learned in the Spanish Civil War / James S. Corum
The Second World War as a turning point in air power / Richard P. Hallion
Maritime air power and the Second World War: Britain, the USA and Japan / John Buckley
A neglected turning point in air power history: air power and the fall of France / Stuart W. Peach
'Learning is winning': Soviet air power doctrine, 1935-41 / James Sterret
The development of tactical air doctrine in North Africa, 1940-43 / Brad Gladman
Logistics doctrine and the impact of war: the Royal Air Force's experience in the Second World War / Peter Dye
Australia and the war in the Pacific, 1942-45 / Ian MacFarling
Planning the air campaign: the Washington perspective / Diane Putney
The 1991 bombing of Baghdad: air power theory vs Iraqi realities / John Andreas Olsen
The Gulf War and UK air power doctrine and practice / Sebastian Cox and Sebastian Ritchie
Solidifying the foundation: Vietnam's impact on the basic doctrine of the US Air Force / Mark Clodfelter
Air power victorious? Britain and NATO strategy during the Kosovo Conflict / Sebastian Ritchie
The Balkans: an air power basket case? / Peter W. Gray.

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