The Age of Airpower
Edition: First edition
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9781586489816
Description: A renowned military historian tells the story of airpower's rise in the twentieth century-- and argues that its great days are over.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Into the blue, 1900-1939.; title: Antecedents and beginnings; title: Test passed; title: Visions, organizations, and machines; title: From war to war; title: Part 2 : The greatest war of all, 1939-1945.; title: From triumph to stalemate; title: War of factories, war of wits; title: Closing the ring; title: From carrier war to grand finale; title: Part 3 : The war that never was, 1945-1991.; title: The dominant factor; title: The jet and the helicopter; title: Missiles, satellites, and drones; title: Paper wars; title: Part 4 : Little wars, 1945-2010.; title: The twilight of naval aviation; title: From Korea to the Sinai; title: From the Sinai to Tehran; title: Spurious victories?; title: Part 5 : War amongst the people, 1898-2010.; title: The first four decades; title: Lose and leave; title: A war too far; title: After Vietnam; title: Conclusions : Going down, 1945-?