Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo

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ISBN: 9780714682570 | 0714682578
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Copyright: 5/31/2002

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Examines the theory and practice of air power from its earliest inception. All significant eras on air power employment are examined: some are evidently turning points, while others represent continuous development. Highlights the areas that could be considered to be significant, and invites the reader to enter the debate as to whether it constitutes a continuum, a turning point, or indeed a revolution.

Editors' Preface

vii

Introduction

Richard Overy

Part I: The First World War and the Inter-war Years

Learning in Real Time: The Development and Implementation of Air Power in the First World War

(18)

Tami Biddle

Achieving Air Ascendancy: Challenge and Response in British Strategic Air Defence, 1915-40

(30)

John Ferris

The Royal Naval Air Service: A Very Modern Service

(15)

Christina F.M. Goulter

The Luftwaffe and Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War

(27)

James S. Corum

Part II: The Second World War

The Second World War as a Turning Point in Air Power

(32)

Richard P. Hallion

Maritime Air Power and the Second World War: Britain, the USA and Japan

125

(17)

John Buckley

A Neglected Turning Point in Air Power History: Air Power and the Fall of France

142

(31)

Stuart W. Peach

`Learning is Winning': Soviet Air Power Doctrine, 1935-41

173

(15)

James Sterret

The Development of Tactical Air Doctrine in North Africa, 1940-43

188

(19)

Brad Gladman

Logistics Doctrine and the Impact of War: The Royal Air Force's Experience in the Second World War

207

(17)

Peter Dye

Australia and the War in the Pacific, 1942-45

224

(25)

Ian MacFarling

Part III: The Gulf War 1991

Planning the Air Campaign: The Washington Perspective

249

(9)

Diane Putney

The 1991 Bombing of Baghdad: Air Power Theory vs Iraqi Realities

258

(29)

John Andreas Olsen

The Gulf War and UK Air Power Doctrine and Practice

287

(16)

Sebastian Cox

Sebastian Ritchie

Part IV: Air Power in Regional Conflict

Solidifying The Foundation: Vietnam's Impact on the Basic Doctrine of the US Air Force

303

(15)

Mark Clodfelter

Air Power Victorious? Britain and NATO Strategy during the Kosovo Conflict

318

(12)

Sebastian Ritchie

The Balkans: An Air Power Basket Case?

330

(15)

Peter W. Gray

Notes on Contributors

345

(6)

Index

351

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Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo

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