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Olsen, John Andreas, 1968-

John Warden and the renaissance of American air power / John Andreas Olsen. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, �2007. - xvi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index.

Foreword / Phillip S. Meilinger -- Preface -- Introduction: the power of ideas -- 1. Origins: the early years -- 2. Learning to fly: from the Air Force Academy to Spain -- 3. The making of a strategic thinker -- 4. Operational assignments -- 5. The art of air warfare: the air campaign -- 6. Wing commander: ninety-three initiatives -- 7. Air power theory: creation, loss, and recovery -- 8. Instant thunder: victory through air power -- 9. Checkmate: support to the military campaign -- 10. Checkmate: support to the political campaign -- 11. Transforming the Air Command and Staff College -- 12. A farewell to arms -- Perspectives: the intellectual warrior -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. "Instant thunder" -- Appendix 2. "CENTCOM air campaign plan."

ISBN: 1597970840 9781597970846

LCCN: 2006028002

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA739591 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013752047 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Warden, John A., 1943-

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Air Force --Officers--Biography.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1991

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Air power--United States.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Aerial operations, American.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: UG626.2.W3685 / O8