Airpower applied U.S., NATO, and Israeli combat experience
"Through a critical examination of twenty-nine case studies in which various U.S. coalitions and Israel played significant roles, this book offers perspectives on the political purpose, strategic meaning, and military importance of airpower. The authors demystify some of airpower's strateg...
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| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
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Annapolis, Maryland
Naval Institute Press
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | The history of military aviation
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Through a critical examination of twenty-nine case studies in which various U.S. coalitions and Israel played significant roles, this book offers perspectives on the political purpose, strategic meaning, and military importance of airpower. The authors demystify some of airpower's strategic history by extracting the most useful teachings to help military professionals and political leaders understand what airpower has to offer as a "continuation of politics by other means."--Provided by publisher Introduction: Airpower in action / John Andreas Olsen -- America as a military aerospace nation: from Pearl Harbor to Desert Storm / Richard P. Hallion -- American and NATO airpower applied: from Deny Flight to Inherent Resolve / Benjamin S. Lambeth -- Modeling airpower: the Arab-Israeli wars of the twentieth century / Alan Stephens -- The Israeli Air Force and asymmetric conflicts, 1982-2014 / Raphael Rudnik and Ephraim Segoli -- The airpower profession / John A. Warden III -- Afterword / by Eliot A. Cohen |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references ( pages 369-392) and index |
| Beschreibung: | xviii, 413 pages 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781682470756 978-1-68247-075-6 |