Why air forces fail : the anatomy of defeat
Higham, Robin D. S.2016
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"Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Together, the contributors examine the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, this seminal study with two new chapters provides an essential and detailed analysis of defeat."
Main title:
Why air forces fail : the anatomy of defeat / edited by Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris.
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Edition:
Revised and expanded
Imprint:
Lexington University Press of Kentucky, 2016
Collation:
454 p. ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction / Robin Higham -- Poland's military aviation, September 1939 : it never had a chance / Michael Alfred Peszke -- L'Armée de l'air, 1933-1940 : drifting toward defeat / Anthony Christopher Cain -- The Arab air forces / Robin Higham -- Defeat of the German and Austro-Hungarian air forces in the Great War, 1909-1918 / John H. Morrow Jr. -- Downfall of the Regia Aeronautica, 1933-1943 / Brian R. Sullivan -- The Imperial Japanese Air Forces / Osamu Tagaya -- Defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945 / James S. Corum -- The Argentine Air Force versus Britain in the Falkland Islands, 1982 / René De La Pedraja -- From disaster to recovery : Russia's air forces in the two world wars / David R. Jones -- The United States in the Pacific / Mark Parillo -- Defeats of the Royal Air Force : Norway, France, Greece, and Malaya, 1940-1942 / Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris -- RAF Bomber Command as Phoenix / Stephen J. Harris -- American airpower in Vietnam : doomed to failure? / Kenneth P. Werrell -- Conclusion / Stephen J. Harris and Robin Higham.
ISBN:
9780813167510
Language:
English
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BRN:
130289