Air power history : : turning points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo / / edited by Sebastian Cox and Peter Gray ; with an introduction by Richard Overy.
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Place / Publishing House: | London ;, Portland, OR : : Frank Cass,, 2002. |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cass series--studies in air power,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (383 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I: The First World War and the Inter-war Years
- 1 Learning in Real Time: The Development and Implementation of Air Power in the First World War
- Tami Biddle
- 2 Achieving Air Ascendancy: Challenge and Response in British Strategic Air Defence, 1915-40
- John Ferris
- 3 The Royal Naval Air Service: A Very Modern Service
- Christina J. M. Goulter
- 4 The Luftwaffe and Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War
- James S. Corum
- Part II: The Second World War
- 5 The Second World War as a Turning Point in Air Power
- Richard P Hallion
- 6 Maritime Air Power and the Second World War: Britain, the USA and Japan
- John Buckley
- 7 A Neglected Turning Point in Air Power History: Air Power and the Fall of France
- Stuart W. Peach
- 8 'Learning is Winning': Soviet Air Power Doctrine, 1935-41
- James Sterret
- 9 The Development of Tactical Air Doctrine in North Africa, 1940-43
- Brad Gladman
- 10 Logistics Doctrine and the Impact of War: The Royal Air Force's Experience in the Second World War
- Peter Dye
- 11 Australia and the War in the Pacific, 1942-45
- Ian MacFarling
- Part III: The Gulf War 1991
- 12 Planning the Air Campaign: The Washington Perspective
- Diane Putney
- 13 The 1991 Bombing of Baghdad: Air Power Theory vs Iraqi Realities
- John Andreas Olsen
- 14 The Gulf War and UK Air Power Doctrine and Practice
- Sebastian Cox and Sebastian Ritchie
- Part IV: Air Power in Regional Conflict
- 15 Solidifying The Foundation: Vietnam's Impact on the Basic Doctrine of the US Air Force
- Mark Clodfelter
- 16 Air Power Victorious? Britain and NATO Strategy during the Kosovo Conflict
- Sebastian Ritchie
- 17 The Balkans: An Air Power Basket Case?
- Peter W. Gray.