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Airpower leadership : theory and practice / Air power leadership : theory and practice edited by Peter W. Gray and Sebastian Cox. - London : Shrivenham : The Stationery Office ; Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre [Royal Air Force], 2002. - xii, 302 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Command in the air -- Leadership, management and command : the officers' trinity -- Theories of leadership, an update -- The three pillars of professional competence : imperatives for air power leaders -- Can leadership be taught, and if so, how? -- The development of air power theory -- From air power to err power : John Boyd and the opponent's situational awareness -- Colonel (Retd) John A. Warden III : smasher of paradigms? -- Air power leadership : a study of Sykes and Trenchard -- Winston Churchill and Sir Charles Portal : their wartime relationship, 1940-1945 -- Dowding as commander, leader and manager -- Harris and the Air Ministry -- Technology, air leadership, and the evolution of American air power -- Sir Wilfrid Freeman and the British aircraft economy 1936-1945 -- Douglas Haig and air power.

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8D7708 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014835434 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Royal Air Force.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Military doctrine--Great Britain.

LC Class. No.: UG635.G7 / A7