Phillip S. Meilinger

Airwar

Essays on its Theory and Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

According to the author all aircrews, tacticians and those who direct them have to realise the limitations of air power during conflicts. For years opinion has differed as to whether the aircraft has altered war strategies or merely the tactics of war. This volume explores the limits of airpower.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780714682662
• ISBN-10: 0714682667
• Artikelnr.: 22225982

Autorenporträt

Phillip S. Meilinger

Inhaltsangabe

1. Giulio Douhet and the Origins of Air Power Theory 2. Trenchard and
Morale Bombing: The evolution of Royal Air Force doctrine before World War
II 3. John C. Slessor and the Genesis of Air Interdiction 4. Between the
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Britain's Fleet Air Arm before World War II 5.
The Impact of Tecnhology and Design Choice on the Development of US Fighter
Aircraft 6. Clipping the Bomber's Wings: The Geneva Disarmament Conference
and the Royal Air Force, 1932-34 7. Air Power and Joint Operations During
World War II 8. The B-29 Air Campaign against Japan 9. Air Strategy:
Targeting for effect 10. Precision Aerospace Power, Discrimination and the
Future of War 11. Gradual Escalation: A return to the future? 12. The
Versailles Treaty and Iraq: The road to Munich 13. Aerospace Power and the
Post-Kosovo World 14. Strategic Implications for the Aerospace Nation.