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Compared to armies and navies, which have existed as professional fighting services for centuries, the technology that makes air forces possible is much newer. As a result, these services have had to quickly develop methods of preparing aviators to operate in conditions ranging from peace or routine...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meinzinger, Alexander
Autor Corporativo: Recorded Books, Inc
Otros Autores: Beldon, James, Coombs, Howard G., Lespinois, Jerome de, Farquhar, John T., Goette, Richard, Gray, Peter W., James, Martin, Johnson, Wray R., Mitchell, Paul T., Westermann, Edward B., Winton, Harold R., Corum, James S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : The University Press of Kentucky, 2020.
Temas:
History.
History
Histoire.
history (discipline)
HISTORY / Military / Aviation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • I. The Interwar Years
  • The RAF Staff College in the Interwar Years: The Birth of Air Power Education in the RAF
  • Giulio Douhet and the Influence of Air Power Education in Interwar Italy
  • The Birth of the École supérieure de guerre aérienne and the Strategic Education of the French Air Force
  • Luftwaffe Officer Training in the Interwar Period
  • II. The Cold War
  • Air Force Education at the RCAF Staff College, 1945-1955
  • Sustaining Disruption: The Creation of the Air University and the Air Force Academy, 1918-1955
  • Interests Aligned but Not Integrated: The Royal Canadian Air Force Staff College and Inter-Service Staff Education After the Second World War
  • III. Post-Cold War Education
  • The Air Corps Tactical School and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies: Educating America's Air Force Then and Now
  • Air Power Education in Australia: The Influence of the Air Power Development Centre
  • Square Pegs in a Round Hole: John Boyd, John Warden, and Airpower in Small Wars
  • Educating Strategic Leaders: The Foundations of Strategic Level PME at the Canadian Forces College
  • Icarus Meets Mars: A Case for Teaching Airpower History in Academe
  • The Education of an Air Force-A Royal Air Force Perspective
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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