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| Series Editor's Preface | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Giulio Douhet and the Origins of Air-Power Theory | 7 |
| 2 | Trenchard and 'Morale Bombing': The Evolution of Royal Air Force Doctrine before World War II | 36 |
| 3 | John C. Slessor and the Genesis of Air Interdiction | 64 |
| 4 | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Britain's Fleet Air Arm before World War II | 75 |
| 5 | The Impact of Technology and Design Choice on the Development of US Fighter Aircraft | 86 |
| 6 | Clipping the Bomber's Wings: The Geneva Disarmament Conference and the Royal Air Force, 1932-34 | 104 |
| 7 | Air Power and Joint Operations during World War II | 129 |
| 8 | The B-29 Air Campaign against Japan | 152 |
| 9 | Air Strategy: Targeting for Effect | 170 |
| 10 | Precision Aerospace Power, Discrimination and the Future of War | 187 |
| 11 | Gradual Escalation: A Return to the Future? | 199 |
| 12 | The Versailles Treaty and Iraq: On the Road to Munich | 202 |
| 13 | Aerospace Power and the Post-Kosovo World | 208 |
| 14 | Strategic Implications for the Aerospace Nation | 217 |
| Index | 231 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Troy Barker
reviewed Airwar: Theory and Practice on August 23, 2013
Airwar
The first half of this book covers the development of the zero. technical goals all achieved by japanese engineers, advancing in many ways over the models of germans, british, americans, russians- have to take this on faith but the numbers are impressive. it is a very japanese book, praising mechanics, builders, even pilots, as particularly japanese values…
second half of the book covers ww2 in the pacific, starting with the war in china before the attack on pearl harbour. this is a japanese book and suggests the attack was necessary, that the us, the british, even the dutch, were threatening, were supplying the chinese, were intractable in demands. this may be the japanese history line, do not know, but there is a consistency in ideology and occasional expressions- the attack was glorious, the japanese resisted valiantly, the eventual development of kamikaze human bombs etc…
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