| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 488 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-452) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. 1914-1945: The First World War, 1914-1919 / John H. Morrow, Jr. ; The air war in Europe, 1939-1945 / Richard Over ; The air war in the Pacific, 1941-1945 / Richard R. Muller -- Part 2. 1945-1990: The air war in Korea, 1950-1953 / Alan Stephens ; Operations over North Vietnam, 1963-1973 / Wayne Thompson ; Air superiority in the Israel-Arab Wars, 1967-1982 / Shmuel I. Gordon ; Air power and the Falklands, 1982 / Lawrence Freedman -- Part 3. 1990-2000: Operation Desert Storm, 1991 / John Andreas Olsen ; Operation Deliberate Force, 1995 / Robert C. Owen ; Operation Allied Force, 1999 / Tony Mason -- Part 4. 2000-2006: Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 / Benjamin S. Lambeth ; Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 / Williamson Murray ; The second Lebanon War, 2006 / Itai Brun -- Part 5. Perspectives: Air power in small wars, 1913 to the present / James S. Corum ; The rise and fall of air power / Martin van Creveld ; Air and space power: climbing and accelerating / Richard P. Hallion. |
| Summary |
This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Comprising sixteen essays penned by a global cadre of leading military experts, A History of Air Warfare chronologically examines the utility of air power from the First World War to the second Lebanon war, campaign by campaign. Each essay lays out the objectives, events, and key players of the conflict in question, reviews the role of air power in the strategic and operational contexts, and explores the interplay between the political framework and mil. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Air warfare -- History.
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Air warfare. |
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History. |
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Air power -- History.
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Air power. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte |
| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Olsen, John Andreas, 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: History of air warfare. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2010 9781597974400 (DLC) 2009036637 (OCoLC)310392482 |
| ISBN |
9781597976381 (electronic book) |
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1597976385 (electronic book) |
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9781597974400 |
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1597974404 |
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9781597974332 |
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1597974331 |
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