The Age of Airpower 1st Edition by Martin Van Creveld ISBN 1586489828 9781586489823

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ISBN 10: 1586489828

ISBN 13: 9781586489823

Author: Martin Van Creveld 

The Age of Airpower 1st Edition: Airpower, more than any other factor, has shaped war in the twentieth century. In this fascinating narrative history, Martin van Creveld vividly portrays the rise of the plane as a tool of war and the evolution of both technology and strategy. He documents seminal battles and turning points, and relates stories of individual daring and collective mastery of the skies. However, the end of airpower’s glorious age is drawing near. The conventional wisdom to the contrary, modern precision guided munitions have not made fighter bombers more effective against many kinds of targets than their predecessors in World War II. U.S. ground troops calling for air support in Iraq in 2003 did not receive it any faster than Allied forces did in France in 1944. And from its origins on, airpower has never been very effective against terrorists, guerrillas, and insurgents. As the warfare waged by these kinds of people grow in importance, and as ballistic missiles, satellites, cruise missiles and drones increasingly take the place of quarter-billion-dollar manned combat aircraft and their multi-million-dollar pilots, airpower is losing utility almost day by day.

 

The Age of Airpower 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I Into the Blue 1900-1939

• Chapter 1: Antecedents and beginnings
• Chapter 2: Test passed
• Chapter 3: Visions, organizations, and machines
• Chapter 4: From war to war

Part II The Greatest War of All 1939-1945

• Chapter 5: From triumph to stalemate
• Chapter 6: War of factories, war of wits
• Chapter 7: Closing the ring
• Chapter 8: From carrier war to grande finale

Part III The War That Never Was 1945-1991

• Chapter 9: The dominant factor
• Chapter 10: The jet and the helicopter
• Chapter 11: Missiles, satellites, and drones
• Chapter 12: Paper wars

Part IV Little Wars 1945-2010

• Chapter 13: The twilight of naval aviation
• Chapter 14: From Korea to the Sinai
• Chapter 15: From the Sinai to Tehran
• Chapter 16: Spurious victories?

Part V War Amongst the People 1898-2010

• Chapter 17: The first four decades
• Chapter 18: Lose and leave
• Chapter 19: A war too far
• Chapter 20: After Vietnam

 

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