Air Power and Maneuver Warfare
By: Martin van Creveld ; contributing authors, Kenneth S. Brower and Steven L. Canby
Contributors: Canby, Steven L.; Brower, Kenneth S.; Air University (U.S.)
Publisher: Air University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781429477826; 9781585660506
Subjects: Maneuvers; National security; HISTORY; Military planning; Strategy; Case studies; Policies; Military; Military strategy; Military operations; Maneuver warfare; Strategy and Tactics Military Operations; Air power; Warfare
Description: The authors identify and discuss the fundamental concepts and principles of maneuver warfare, compare and contrast it to attrition-style warfare, and trace its origins and history. They examine the role of airpower in enhancing maneuver during the early German campaigns of World War II, in Germany's 1941 Russian campaigns, and in the Soviet version of maneuver warfare in World War II. They analyze the importance of airpower in maneuver warfare employed by Israel in the 1967 and 1973 wars and by coalition forces in the Gulf War. Dr. van Creveld forecasts what the role of airpower will be in warfare during the coming years. The book includes a response to the authors by the air doctrine analysts at Air University.
Notes: "July 1994."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of the beast; title: Maneuver warfare in action; title: early German campaigns; title: the German 1941 campaign in Russia; title: the Soviet version; title: Israel : maneuver warfare, air power, and logistics; title: Maneuver warfare and air power in the 1990s; title: Appendix.