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European Air Power Challenges and Opportunities / edited by John Andreas Olsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Air forces--Europe.
- Air forces.
- Air power--Europe.
- Air power.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- European Air Power examines the current state of eight separate European air forces and their prospective air power capabilities in a manner that will appeal to a wide audience of air force enthusiasts. Included are perspectives from independent air power experts reviewing the air forces of France, Germany, Turkey, and Great Britain as well as from the leaders of the air forces of the Nordic nations, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Within the national security framework of threats and challenges, and against the seemingly universal backdrop of lower budgets for defense, the con
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue: The Fighter Pilot; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Air Option; List of Abbreviations; Part 1. European Air Powers; 1. French Air Power: Effectiveness through Constraints; 2. German Air Power: Ready to Participate in Joint and Combined Operations; 3. Turkish Air Power: Toward Full-Spectrum Aerospace Forces; 4. British Air Power: Allowing the UK to Punch above Its Weight; Part 2. Nordic Air Powers; 5. Norwegian Air Power: Staying Relevant in a New Era; 6. Danish Air Power: From the Cold War to Contemporary Air Operations
- 7. Swedish Air Power: Delivering Independently, Joint, and Combined8. Finnish Air Power: In Defense of the Homeland; Part 3. Reflections: Where Do We Go from Here?; 9. Approaching the End?; 10. The Response to Uncertainty; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-682-0
- OCLC:
- 882427537
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