The Influence of Airpower Upon History
Subtitle: statesmanship, diplomacy, and foreign policy since 1903
By: edited by Robin Higham and Mark Parillo ; foreword by General Richard B. Myers, USAF (Ret.)
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lexington, KY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780813136745
Description: From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital to myriad diplomatic and humanitarian efforts. Air power has become a means for statesmen to advance a variety of goals, opening up new possibilities and problems in times of peace as well as war. The Influence of Air Power upon History examines the many ways in which aviation technology has impacted policymaking since 1903. It analyzes air strategy in nations around the world and explores how a country's presumed technological capability, or lack thereof, has become a crucial aspect of diplomacy. Together, the essays in this insightful volume offer a greater understanding of the history of military force and diplomatic relations in the global community. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: States and strategic airpower: continuity and change, 1906-1939 / John H. Morrow Jr.; title: Politics and French aviators: a prism on the international European crises of the 1930s / Patrick Facon; title: Hitler, airpower, and statecraft / Richard R. Muller; title: The emperor and the despot : statesmen, patronage, and the strategic bomber in Imperial and Soviet Russia, 1909-1959 / David R. Jones; title: Statesmen and airpower in Latin America, 1945-2010 / René de la Pedraja; title: Presidential statesmen and U.S. airpower : personalities and perceptions / Jeffery S. Underwood; title: Gunboat diplomacy : presidential use of aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings / Douglas V. Smith and Kent S. Coleman; title: Chinese statesmen and the use of airpower / Andrew S. Erickson; title: A century of airpower / Mark Parillo