Why Air Forces Fail : The Anatomy of Defeat / edited by Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Stephen John, editor.

Higham, Robin, 1925-2015, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Aeronautics, Military--History--20th century.

Aeronautics, Military.

Air forces--History--20th century.

Air forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages)

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

Summary:

Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Together, the contributors examine the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, this seminal study with two new chapters provides an essential and detailed analysis of defeat.

Contents:

Introduction / Robin Higham

Poland's military aviation, September 1939 : it never had a chance / Michael Alfred Peszke

L'Armee de l'air, 1933-1940 : drifting toward defeat / Anthony Christopher Cain

The Arab air forces / Robin Higham

Defeat of the German and Austro-Hungarian air forces in the Great War, 1909-1918 / John H. Morrow Jr.

Downfall of the Regia aeronautica, 1933-1943 / Brian R. Sullivan

The Imperial Japanese Air Forces / Osamu Tagaya

Defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945 / James S. Corum

The Argentine Air Force versus Britain in the Falkland Islands, 1982 / Rene De La Pedraja

From disaster to recovery : Russia's air forces in the two world wars / David R. Jones

The United States in the Pacific / Mark Parillo

Defeats of the Royal Air Force : Norway, France, Greece, and Malaya, 1940-1942 / Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris

RAF Bomber Command as phoenix / Stephen J. Harris

American airpower in Vietnam : doomed to failure? / Kenneth P. Werrell

Conclusion / Stephen J. Harris and Robin Higham.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813167619

0813167612

9780813167602

0813167604

OCLC:

952111195