Fighting from Above: A Combat History of the Us Air Force - Couverture souple

Laslie, Brian D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806193670 ISBN 13 : 9780806193670

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2024

Synopsis

The story of the United States Air Force (USAF) stretches back to aerial operations prior to the First World War--well before the USAF became a separate service--and looks forward to a new era of airpower in space. Fighting from Above presents a concise account of this expansive history, offering a new perspective on how the air forces of the United States created an independent way of warfare over time.

From the earliest battles of the USAF's predecessor organizations to its modern incarnation, Brian D. Laslie identifies four distinct and observable ways of war that developed over four distinct epochs. Beginning with the development of early air power (1906-1941), he highlights the creation of roles and missions, with bombardment theory and practice ascendant. An era of strategic dominance (1942-1975) followed in which the ideas of strategic bombardment ruled the air force; when such notions were unceremoniously proven false during the Vietnam-era conflicts, a period of tactical ascendancy (1975-2019) began. Finally, Laslie considers the current environment, where much of the story of the USAF remains unwritten as it grapples with the prospects and challenges posed by drones and the U.S. Space Force.

While detailing combat operations, Fighting from Above also pays close attention to technology, politics, rivalries, logistics, policy, organization, equipping, and training. Thorough, concise, and innovative in its approach, it is an authoritative, exceptionally readable history of the development of American airpower.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Brian D. Laslie is the Command Historian at the United States Air Force Academy and the author of numerous articles and books, including Air Power's Lost Cause: The American Air Wars of Vietnam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806193670
• ISBN 13: 9780806193670
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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