Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat / Edition 2

Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat / Edition 2

ISBN-10:
0813167515
ISBN-13:
9780813167510
Pub. Date:
07/15/2016
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10:
0813167515
ISBN-13:
9780813167510
Pub. Date:
07/15/2016
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky
Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat / Edition 2

Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat / Edition 2

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Overview

Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Together, the contributors examine the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, this seminal study with two new chapters provides an essential and detailed analysis of defeat.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813167510
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 07/15/2016
Edition description: revised and expanded edition
Pages: 450
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Robin Higham (1925–2015), was emeritus professor of military history at Kansas State University. He authored and edited many works about aviation history, including The Influence of Airpower upon History: Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903. Stephen J. Harris is the chief historian for the Directorate of History and Heritage at the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. He coauthored The Crucible of War: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction Robin Higham 1

1 Poland's Military Aviation, September 1939: It Never Had a Chance Michael Alfred Peszke 13

2 L'Armée de l'Air, 1933-1940: Drifting toward Defeat Anthony Christopher Cain 41

3 The Arab Air Forces Robin Higham 71

4 Defeat of the German and Austro-Hungarian Air Forces in the Great War, 1909-1918 John H. Morrow Jr. 99

5 Downfall of the Regia Aeronautica, 1933-1943 Brian R. Sullivan 135

6 The Imperial Japanese Air Forces Osamu Tagaya 179

7 Defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945 James S. Corum 207

8 The Argentine Air Force versus Britain in the Falkland Islands, 1982 René De La Pedraja 231

9 From Disaster to Recovery: Russia's Air Forces in the Two World Wars David R. Jones 265

10 The United States in the Pacific Mark Parillo 291

11 Defeats of the Royal Air Force: Norway, France, Greece, and Malaya, 1940-1942 Robin Higharn Stephen J. Harris 319

12 RAF Bomber Command as Phoenix Stephen J. Harris 345

13 American Airpower in Vietnam: Doomed to Failure? Kenneth P. Werrell 377

Conclusion Stephen J. Harris Robin Higham 403

List of Contributors 421

Index 427

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