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The age of airpower / Martin van Creveld.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2011]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781586489816
  • 158648981X
  • 9781610391085
  • 161039108X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Age of airpower.LOC classification:
  • UG630 .V26
Contents:
Into the blue, 1900-1939 -- Antecedents and beginnings -- Test passed -- Visions, organizations, and machines -- From war to war -- The greatest war of all, 1939-1945 -- From triumph to stalemate -- War of factories, war of wits -- Closing the ring -- From carrier war to grand finale -- The war that never was, 1945-1991 -- The dominant factor -- The jet and the helicopter -- Missiles, satellites, and drones -- Paper wars -- Little wars, 1945-2010 -- The twilight of naval aviation -- From Korea to the Sinai -- From the Sinai to Tehran -- Spurious victories? -- War amongst the people, 1898-2010 -- The first four decades -- Lose and leave -- A war too far -- After Vietnam -- Going down, 1945-?
Summary: A renowned military historian tells the story of airpower's rise in the twentieth century-- and argues that its great days are over.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Into the blue, 1900-1939 -- Antecedents and beginnings -- Test passed -- Visions, organizations, and machines -- From war to war -- The greatest war of all, 1939-1945 -- From triumph to stalemate -- War of factories, war of wits -- Closing the ring -- From carrier war to grand finale -- The war that never was, 1945-1991 -- The dominant factor -- The jet and the helicopter -- Missiles, satellites, and drones -- Paper wars -- Little wars, 1945-2010 -- The twilight of naval aviation -- From Korea to the Sinai -- From the Sinai to Tehran -- Spurious victories? -- War amongst the people, 1898-2010 -- The first four decades -- Lose and leave -- A war too far -- After Vietnam -- Going down, 1945-?

A renowned military historian tells the story of airpower's rise in the twentieth century-- and argues that its great days are over.

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