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**About Air University Press**

Gen John DeForrest Barker, deputy commander for Air University, recognized the need for apublishing arm for Air University. His vision led to General Order No. 54, dated 28 September1953, which established the Air University Press "to publish significant contributions ofresearch and scholarship...to publish such other materials as are consistent with the mission ofAir University but for which there are no specific provisions," and "to enhance theacademic prestige and to increase the scholarly reputation of the Air University." In thefive decades since its establishment, AU Press has been deactivated, reactivated, andrestructured, but has remained true to the spirit of its original charter.

The AU Press publication program is designed primarily to help Air Force war fightersunderstand and apply air and space power in peacetime and conflict. Press publications are alsouseful to a wider audience that includes sister service personnel, national leaders and policymakers, academicians, military historians, and other analysts. AU Press publishes books,monographs, and occasional papers that are the results of unique research by military authorsand civilian scholars. The press also provides publishing support to other AU and Air Forceagencies. Notable in this regard is support for the US Air Force's professional journal�the .

AU Press publications form a significant body of literature that fosters understanding of thenature of air and space power, warfare, and national security. These publications are a vitalpart of the exchange of ideas within the Air Force and the Department of Defense and of thecross flow of critical thinking between the military and civilian communities. The viewsexpressed in AU Press publications are those of the authors and do not reflect the officialpolicy or position of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the United States government.

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