The North African Air Campaign: U.S. Army Forces from El Alamein to Salerno (Modern War Studies)
“A thorough, comprehensive, judicious, and utterly riveting account of how the USAAF adapted pre-war airpower theory to the tactical realities of WWII’s Mediterranean battlefield.” --Douglas Porch, author ofThe Path to Victory: The Mediterranean Theater in World War II“An insightful and much-needed analysis of real-time battlefield adaptation and innovation, Rein’s book allows us to see how American airmen learned and honed the war-fighting skills that are vital—indeed essential—in a modern combined arms setting.” --Tami Davis Biddle, author ofRhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare“Demonstrates conclusively that air superiority was essential to victory in the North African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns.” --Phillip S. Meilinger, author ofHoyt S. Vandenberg: The Life of a General