Air power history : turning points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo / edited by Sebastian Cox and Peter Gray ; with an introduction by Richard Overy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Sebastian.

Gray, Peter W.

Series:

Cass series--studies in air power 1368-5597 ; 13.

Cass series--studies in air power, 1368-5597 ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air power--History.

Air power.

Air warfare--History.

Air warfare.

History.

Aeronautics, Military.

Physical Description:

xix, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2002.

Contents:

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

1 Learning in Real Time: The Development and Implementation of Air Power in the First World War / Tami Biddle 3

2 Achieving Air Ascendancy: Challenge and Response in British Strategic Air Defence, 1915-40 / John Ferris 21

3 The Royal Naval Air Service: A Very Modern Service / Christina J. M. Goulter 51

4 The Luftwaffe and Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War / James S. Corum 66

Part II The Second World War

5 The Second World War as a Turning Point in Air Power / Richard P. Hallion 93

6 Maritime Air Power and the Second World War: Britain, the USA and Japan / John Buckley 125

7 A Neglected Turning Point in Air Power History: Air Power and the Fall of France / Stuart W. Peach 142

8 'Learning is Winning': Soviet Air Power Doctrine, 1935-41 / James Sterret 173

9 The Development of Tactical Air Doctrine in North Africa, 1940-43 / Brad Gladman 188

10 Logistics Doctrine and the Impact of War: The Royal Air Force's Experience in the Second World War / Peter Dye 207

11 Australia and the War in the Pacific, 1942-45 / Ian MacFarling 224

Part III The Gulf War 1991

12 Planning the Air Campaign: The Washington Perspective / Diane Putney 249

13 The 1991 Bombing of Baghdad: Air Power Theory vs Iraqi Realities / John Andreas Olsen 258

14 The Gulf War and UK Air Power Doctrine and Practice / Sebastian Cox, Sebastian Ritchie 287

Part IV Air Power in Regional Conflict

15 Solidifying The Foundation: Vietnam's Impact on the Basic Doctrine of the US Air Force / Mark Clodfelter 303

16 Air Power Victorious? Britain and NATO Strategy during the Kosovo Conflict / Sebastian Ritchie 318

17 The Balkans: An Air Power Basket Case? / Peter W. Gray 330.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714652911

0714682578

OCLC:

49525878