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Air power and warfare : the proceedings of the 8th Military History Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, 18-20 October 1978

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Air power and warfare : the proceedings of the 8th Military History Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, 18-20 October 1978

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UG623

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Authors

Military History Symposium (U.S.) 1978
Hurley, Alfred F
Ehrhart, Robert C

Subjects

Air power--History--Congresses.
Air warfare--History--Congresses.

Language

English

Published

Washington : Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1979.

Publication Desc

xii, 461 pages : illustrations ;

LCCN

79009330

Dimensions

23 cm.

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General Note

Includes index.

Content Note

Part I. The Statue of Air Power History --"The Influence of Air Power Upon Historians" / Noel Parrish -- part II. Air Power and Warfare, 1903-1941 -- "The British Dimension" / R.A. Mason -- "The Continental Experience" / Edward Homze -- Commentary / Charles H. Gibbs-Smith -- "The American Dimension" / Eugene M. Emme -- part III. World War II in the Air: Different National Experiences -- "The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Air Forces" / Alvin D. Coox -- "Soviet Air Power in World War II" / Kenneth R. Whiting -- "Higher Command and Leadership in the German Luftwaffe, 1935-1945" / Horst Boog -- Commentary / Alfred Goldberg -- An Added Comment: "Ultra and the Air War in Europe and Africa" / Harold Deutsch -- part IV. World War II: American Air Leadership -- "The Wartime Leadership of 'Hap' Arnold" / John W. Huston -- "The Perceptions of Three Makers of Air Power History" / Curtis E. Lemay, O.P. Weyland, and William I. Martin -- Commentary / Forrest Pogue -- part V. The Search for Maturity in American Postwar Air Doctrine and Organization, 1945-1953 -- Introductory Remarks / Ernest R. May -- " The Emergence of the Postwar Strategic Air Force, 1945-1953 / John T. Greenwood -- "American Postwar Air Doctrine and Organization: The Navy Experience" / David A. Rosenburg -- Additional Observations / John Greenwood and David Rosenburg -- Commentary / David MacIsaac -- "A Marine's Perspective" / J.E. Greenwood -- "The Emergence of Postwar Army Aviation" / Robert L. Williams -- "Army Aviation, A Short Bibliography" / James L. Collins -- part VI. Air Power Limits in Limited War, 1947-1978 -- "From the Berlin Airlift to Vietnam and Beyond: A Participant's View" / T.R. Milton -- "Air Power in Southeast Asia: A Tentative Appraisal" / Ray L. Bowers -- Commentary / Edward G. Lansdale -- An Added Comment: "Vietnam: The Perspective of a Former Vice-Director of the Joint Staff" / John B. McPherson -- part VII. A Major Pioneer Looks at Air Power -- Introduction / K.L. Tallman -- "Some Observations on Air Power" / Ira C. Eaker -- part VIII. Insights into Technology and Air Warfare: Past, Present, Future -- "The Impact of War Upon Aeronautical Progress: The Experience of the NACA" / Alex Roland -- "Technology, Doctrine, and Military Requirements" / Robert L. Perry -- Commentary / I.B. Holley, Jr. -- Commentary / Bryce Poe.