Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Air Power written by Bill Gunston and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1987-08-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the most comprehensive encyclopedia yet published on contemporary military aviation.
Download or read book Aerospace Encyclopedia of World Air Forces written by David Willis and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides a complete guide to the world''s air arms, ranging from the might of the United States Air Force and Russian air force, to the smallest air arms in the developing world.'
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of World Air Power written by Bill Gunston and published by Hamlyn. This book was released on 1981 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Air Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Air Warfare written by John Andreas Olsen and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Comprising sixteen essays penned by a global cadre of leading military experts, A History of Air Warfare chronologically examines the utility of air power from the First World War to the second Lebanon war, campaign by campaign. Each essay lays out the objectives, events, and key players of the conflict in question, reviews the role of air power in the strategic and operational contexts, and explores the interplay between the political framework and mil.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of World Air Power written by Bill Gunston and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1980 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of World Air Power written by Bill Gunston and published by Hamlyn. This book was released on 1980 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oversigt over flyvevåben, militære fly og flybårne raketter fra alle lande
Download or read book Air Warfare an International Encyclopedia A L written by Walter J. Boyne and published by Abc-clio. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by more than 100 international scholars and experts, this encyclopedia chronicles the individuals, equipment, and drama of nearly a century of aerial combat. Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia is the first encyclopedia to document the entire history of aerial combat, from the primitive biplanes of World War I to the sophisticated stealth fighters of the 21st century. The more than 900 entries, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, cover it all-the first, the fastest, the highest, the latest. More than 100 top international scholars and experts-many with personal combat experience-offer thoroughly researched, clearly written articles on the famous aces, designers, battles, air campaigns, weapons, and flying machines of air warfare's first 90 years. Accessible to student, enthusiast, and scholar alike, Air Warfare provides the reader with argument-settling expertise, lively and entertaining entries, and answers to thousands of questions: Who first used air power against civilians? How did a handful of Royal Air Force aces defeat the mighty Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain? Has bombing alone ever won a war? Where does the future of aerial warfare lie? - More than 900 A-Z entries zero in on the first, the best, the worst, the fastest, the highest, the latest - Contributions from some 100 top international experts--many with combat experience - Lavish set of illustrations with numerous photos including the Mitsubishi G4M equipped with the Okha suicide missile, the Red Baron, and the first all-female aircrew of the U.S. Air Force - Maps ranging from the Western front as stabilized in 1915 to the Persian Gulf War in 1991
Download or read book The Influence of Air Power Upon History written by Walter J. Boyne and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Influence of Air Power upon History is a thorough examination of how air power was applied from the very earliest days of the balloon down to the latest use of space technology. Including both air and aerospace military power in his considerations, Boyne (a retired U.S. Air Force colonel) surveys, in a celebratory fashion, the use of air power in international conflict. His analysis is perfectly in line with the technological fetishism of most U.S. war planners, almost invariably arguing that the imposition of superior air power is the most decisive factor in winning wars, and even suggesting that the American war in Vietnam would have been won with just a little more bombing. Chapters cover the development and deployment of air power doctrines by the United States, its allies, and its enemies in wars in which it was politically concerned
Download or read book Selling Air Power written by Steve Call and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Selling Air Power, Steve Call provides the first comprehensive study of the efforts of post-war air power advocates to harness popular culture in support of their agenda. In the 1940s and much of the 1950s, hardly a month went by without at least one blatantly pro-air power article appearing in general interest magazines. Public fascination with flight helped create and sustain exaggerated expectations for air power in the minds of both its official proponents and the American public. Articles in the Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, and Life trumpeted the secure future assured by American air superiority. Military figures like Henry H. "Hap" Arnold and Curtis E. LeMay, radio-television personalities such as Arthur Godfrey, cartoon figures like Steve Canyon, and actors like Jimmy Stewart played key roles in the unfolding campaign. Movies like Twelve O'Clock High!, The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, and A Gathering of Eagles projected onto the public imagination vivid images confirming what was coming to be the accepted wisdom: that America's safety against the Soviet threat could best be guaranteed by air power, coupled with nuclear capability. But as the Cold War continued and the specter of the mushroom cloud grew more prominent in American minds, another, more sinister interpretation began to take hold. Call chronicles the shift away from the heroic, patriotic posture of the years just after World War II, toward the threatening, even bizarre imagery of books and movies like Catch-22, On the Beach, and Dr. Strangelove. Call's careful analysis goes beyond the public relations campaigns to probe the intellectual climate that shaped them and gave them power. Selling Air Power adds a critical layer of understanding to studies in military and aviation history, as well as American popular culture.
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines written by Bill Gunston and published by History Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition, Gunston describes every major aeroplane manufacturer throughout the world. He focuses on the aircraft from the pioneering days to the very latest engines, and places each engine within its technological and historical context.
Download or read book The World Encyclopedia of Fighter Aircraft written by Francis Crosby and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the development and history and an A-Z of over 170 aircraft, with 600 photographs, in a new fully updated edition.
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Download or read book Russian Air Power written by Yefim Gordon and published by Midland Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive new book describes the current state of Russia's military air assets the Air Force/Air Defense Force, the Naval Aviation, the air arms of the Border Guards, the Federal Security Service, and the Ministry of Interior (the police). The book details the Russian Air Force's current order of battle, starting with the top command (the Air Force Chief of Staff) and down to the operational regiments and squadrons. It also includes descriptions and specifications of the Russian Air Force's and the Russian Navy's main fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft combat aircraft, transports, and special-mission aircraft (reconnaissance, electronic warfare, etc.).
Download or read book Hitler s Luftwaffe written by Tony Wood and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pounding the enemy from the skies, the German Luftwaffe was the symbol of Hitler's power. With its decline came the fall of the Third Reich in 1945. This history includes a glossary of terms and abbreviations and an appendix detailing the Luftwaffe chain of command. More than 250 authentic color photos and over 130 full-color illustrations.
Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of WWII written by Paul Eden and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
