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Airwar : theory and practice /
According to the author all aircrews, tacticians and those who direct them have to realise the limitations of air power during conflicts. For years opinion has differed as to whether the aircraft has altered war strategies or merely the tactics of war. This volume explores the limits of airpower.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Portland, OR :
Frank Cass,
2003.
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| Colección: | Cass series--studies in air power ;
14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Giulio Douhet and the origins of air-power theory
- 2. Trenchard and 'morale bombing' : the evolution of Royal Air Force doctrine before World War II
- 3. John C. Slessor and the genesis of air interdiction
- 4. Between the devil and the deep blue sea : Britain's fleet air arm before World War II
- 5. The impact of technology and design choice on the development of US fighter aircraft
- 6. Clipping the bomber's wings : the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the Royal Air Force, 1932-34
- 7. Air power and joint operations during World War II
- 8. The B-29 air campaign against Japan
- 9. Air strategy : targeting for effect
- 10. Precision aerospace power, discrimination and the future of war
- 11. Gradual escalation : a return to the future?
- 12. The Versailles Treaty and Iraq : on the road to Munich
- 13. Aerospace power and the post-Kosovo world
- 14. Strategic implications for the aerospace nation.