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9781597974332

A History of Air Warfare

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    9781597974332

  • ISBN10:

    1597974331

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-12-30
  • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

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Summary

This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of the part air power has played in military engagements over the past century. Comprised of fifteen essays penned by a global cast of leading military professionals, A History of Air Warfarechronologically examines air power's involvement in World Wars I and II, the Cold War period, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, campaign by campaign. The last section focuses on air power in operations other than war from 1913 to the present and contains a concluding chapter on its evolution. Each essay lays out the exposition, objectives, and cast of characters necessary to understand the conflict in question and then inspects the strategic and operational levels of war, as well as the interplay between the politics and military operations proper. More than a simple homage to air power, A History of Air Warfareexposes its strengths and its weaknesses and, when relevant, illuminates the challenges within coalition warfare. Because of its even treatment of critical analyses and historical background, the book will appeal to modern warfare scholars, air power theorists, and general readers interested in military history alike.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
List of Abbreviationsp. ix
Introductionp. xiii
1914-1945p. 1
The First World War, 1914-1919p. 3
The Air War in Europe, 1939-1945p. 27
The Air War in the Pacific, 1941-1945p. 53
1945-1990p. 81
The Air War in Korea, 1950-1953p. 85
Operations over North Vietnam, 1965-1973p. 107
Air Superiority in the Israel-Arab Wars, 1967-1982p. 127
Air Power and the Falklands, 1982p. 157
1990-2000p. 175
Operation Desert Storm, 1991p. 177
Operation Deliberate Force, 1995p. 201
Operation Allied Force, 1999p. 225
2000-2006p. 253
Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001p. 255
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003p. 279
The Second Lebanon War, 2006p. 297
Perspectivesp. 325
Air Power in Small Wars: 1913 to the Presentp. 327
The Rise and Fall of Air Powerp. 351
Air and Space Power: Climbing and Acceleratingp. 371
Notesp. 395
Selected Bibliographyp. 441
Indexp. 453
Biographical Notesp. 481
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