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The age of airpower / Martin van Creveld.
LIBRA UG630 .V285 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air power--History.
- Air power.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, 2011.
- Summary:
- A renowned military historian tells the story of airpower's rise in the twentieth century-- and argues that its great days are over.
- Contents:
- Into the blue, 1900-1939
- Antecedents and beginnings
- Test passed
- Visions, organizations, and machines
- From war to war
- The greatest war of all, 1939-1945
- From triumph to stalemate
- War of factories, war of wits
- Closing the ring
- From carrier war to grand finale
- The war that never was, 1945-1991
- The dominant factor
- The jet and the helicopter
- Missiles, satellites, and drones
- Paper wars
- Little wars, 1945-2010
- The twilight of naval aviation
- From Korea to the Sinai
- From the Sinai to Tehran
- Spurious victories?
- War amongst the people, 1898-2010
- The first four decades
- Lose and leave
- A war too far
- After Vietnam
- Going down, 1945-?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586489816
- 158648981X
- OCLC:
- 656451616
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