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Airpower and the Cult of the OffensiveJohn R. Carter
1998, 125 pages      $9.00

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Major Carter explores three case studies that have important similarities:      the doctrine of Great Britain's Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1938, the Israeli Air Force's      strategy from 1967 to 1973, and the United States Air Force's strategy from 1953 to 1965.      He begins by establishing the theoretical background necessary for case study analysis. He      dissects the relationship between offense and defense to discover that airpower defense      enjoys neither an advantage of position nor of time. He examines the nature of offense and      defense as they apply to airpower and offers reasons military organization may prefer      offensive doctrines. Major Carter identifies the elements and implications of the cult of      the offensive.

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