Air Power And Armies
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Download Air Power And Armies PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Air Power And Armies book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Air Power And Armies
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Sir John Cotesworth Slessor
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2009-08-31
Air Power And Armies written by Sir John Cotesworth Slessor and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-31 with History categories.
An account of Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897–1979), one of Great Britain's most influential airmen Sir John Slessor played a significant role in building the World War II Anglo-American air power partnership as an air planner on the Royal Air Force Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff. He coordinated allied strategy in 1940–41, helped create an Anglo-American bomber alliance in 1942, and drafted the compromise at the Casablanca Conference that broke a deadlock in Anglo-American strategic debate. Slessor was instrumental in defeating the U-boat menace as RAF Coastal Commander, and later shared responsibility for directing Allied air operations in the Mediterranean. Few aspects of the allied air effort escaped his influence: pilot training, aircraft procurement, and dissemination of operational intelligence and information all depended to a degree on Slessor. His influence on Anglo-American operational planning paved the way for a level of cooperation and combined action never before undertaken by the military forces of two great nations.
Air Power And The Ground War In Vietnam Ideas And Actions
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Dr Donald J. Mrozek
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2015-11-06
Air Power And The Ground War In Vietnam Ideas And Actions written by Dr Donald J. Mrozek and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-06 with History categories.
Ultimately, this study is about a smaller Vietnam War than that which is commonly recalled. It focuses on expectations concerning the impact of air power on the ground war and on some of its actual effects, but it avoids major treatment of some of the most dramatic air actions of the war, such as the bombing of Hanoi. To many who fought the war and believe it ought to have been conducted on a still larger scale or with fewer restraints, this study may seem almost perverse, emphasizing as it does the utility of air power in conducting the conflict as a ground war and without total exploitation of our most awe-inspiring technology. Although the chapters in this study are intended to form a coherent and unified argument, each also offers discrete messages. The chapters are not meant to be definitive. They do not exhaust available documentary material, and they often rely heavily on published accounts. Nor do they provide a complete chronological picture of the uses of air power, even with respect to the ground war. Nor is coverage of areas in which air power was employed—South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam—evenly distributed nor necessarily proportionate to the effort expended in each place during the war. Lastly, some may find one or another form of air power either slightly or insufficiently treated. Such criticisms are beside the point, for the objectives of this study are to explore a comparatively neglected theme—the impact of air power on the ground—and to encourage further utilization of lessons drawn from the Vietnam experience.
Air Power Armies And The War In The West 1940
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : R. J. Overy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Air Power Armies And The War In The West 1940 written by R. J. Overy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Air Power And Armies
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : John C. Slessor
language : en
Publisher: Ams PressInc
Release Date : 1936
Air Power And Armies written by John C. Slessor and has been published by Ams PressInc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
Air Power For Peace
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Eugene E. Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Air Power For Peace written by Eugene E. Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Aeronautics categories.
Airpower In Small Wars
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : James S. Corum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Airpower In Small Wars written by James S. Corum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings of World War II, but airplanes have long been instrumental in small wars as well. Ever since its use by the French to put down rebellious Moroccan tribes in 1913, airpower has been employed to fight in limited but often lengthy small conflicts around the globe. This is the first comprehensive history of airpower in small wars-conflicts pitting states against non-state groups such as insurgents, bandits, factions, and terrorists-tracing it from the early years of the twentieth century to the present day. It examines dozens of conflicts with strikingly different scenarios: the Greek Civil War, the Philippine Anti-Huk campaign, French and British colonial wars, the war in South Vietnam before the American escalation, counterinsurgency in southern Africa, Latin American counterguerrilla operations, and counterinsurgency and counterterrorist campaigns in the Middle East over the last four decades. For each war, the authors describe the strategies employed on both sides of the conflict, the air forces engaged, and the specific airpower tactics employed. They discuss the ground campaigns and provide the political background necessary to understand the air campaigns, and in each case they judge the utility of airpower in its broadest sense. In their historic sweep, they show how forms of airpower evolved from planes to police helicopters, aircraft of the civilian air reserve, and today's unmanned aircraft. They also disclose how small wars after World War II required new strategies, operational solutions, and tactics. By taking this broad view of small-war airpower, the authors are able to make assessments about the most effective and least effective means of employing airpower. They offer specific conclusions ranging from the importance of comprehensive strategy to the need for the United States and its allies to expand small-wars training programs. Airpower in Small Wars will be invaluable for educating military professionals and policy makers in the subject as well as for providing a useful framework for developing more effective doctrine for employing airpower in the conflicts we are most likely to see in the twenty-first century.
10 Propositions Regarding Air Power
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Phillip S. Meilinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
10 Propositions Regarding Air Power written by Phillip S. Meilinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Air power categories.
Interservice Rivalry And Airpower In The Vietnam War
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Ian Horwood
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Interservice Rivalry And Airpower In The Vietnam War written by Ian Horwood and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Explores the rivalry between the armed services of the U.S. relating to the employment of tactical airpower during the Vietnam War. Not being an American, Horwood is able to put a fresh perspective on this complex issue. This study focuses on tactical airpower in S. Vietnam between 1961 and 1968. Horwood avoids a lengthy discussion of the air war over N. Vietnam, focusing instead on the combat operations in the South. He examines a number of issues which are relevant to the use of airpower in irregular warfare: command and control of airpower, the use of airpower at the tactical and the operational-strategic level of war, the role of helicopters, and different service understandings of the proper role of airpower in a counterinsurgency.
Airpower And Ground Armies
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Daniel R. Mortensen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Airpower And Ground Armies written by Daniel R. Mortensen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Air power categories.
The North African Air Campaign
DOWNLOAD eBooks
Author : Christopher M. Rein
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2012-11-30
The North African Air Campaign written by Christopher M. Rein and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-30 with History categories.
In the summer of 1942, Axis forces controlled almost the entire southern shore of the Mediterranean. Less than a year later, they had been swept from the African continent-thanks in no small part to efforts of the fledgling U.S. Army Air Force. Indeed, USAAF in North Africa emerged as a senior partner in the Alliance, supplying aircraft and crews at a rate the other partners were unable to match. Going beyond the spare analysis of North African air operations in previous accounts, Christopher Rein shows how American fighter planes and heavy bombers, employed in almost exclusively tactical and operational roles, played a pivotal role in the Alliance's successful ground campaigns. This aerial armada also had a significant negative impact on enemy logistics through its bombing raids on Axis ports, shipping, and airfields. In the process, USAAF helped foster and develop a pattern of inter-service cooperation that remains at the foundation of American close-air-support doctrine today. Rein chronicles the emergence of USAAF in the late interwar and early WWII periods as a more heterogeneous and creative fighting force than earlier works have led us to believe. He then analyzes little-known aspects of the war, including early air operations in the eastern Mediterranean and in the TORCH landings. He explores some of the key issues confronting Eisenhower, such as how to establish USAAF priorities and how to deploy long-range bombers, fighters, and attack forces. In describing the struggle for balance in the employment of air assets between strategic bombing and interdiction in a time fraught with inter-service rivalry, he shows how, despite occasional mistakes such as the heavy losses involved in the Ploesti raids, USAAF struck a suitable balance and even invested more assets in interdiction than traditional accounts of strategic bombardment would suggest. A virtual operational-level history of the USAAF during the formative period of American airpower, Rein's account pulls together material from diverse sources to demonstrate that today's Air Force emphasis on mobility, intelligence, reconnaissance, and close support for ground forces have deep roots. By showing that the Army Air Force in World War II did not neglect support for ground and naval forces in order to concentrate exclusively on strategic bombing, it suggests lessons for military and civilian leaders in the employment of air forces in current and future conflicts.