Why air forces fail the anatomy of defeat

According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris, "Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons, and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long." In the twentieth century, this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world...

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Other Authors: Higham, Robin, Harris, Stephen J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, KY University Press of Kentucky 2006
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Table of Contents:
  • Poland's military aviation, September 1939 / Michael Alfred Peszke
  • L'Armée de l'air, 1933-1940 / 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