Book by Giulio Douhet
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This reprint of the 1942 English translation of Douhet's works, while titled “Command of the Air”, actually consists of five separate works: the original 1921 edition of “Command of the Air”, a second edition of 1927, a 1928 monograph titled “Probable Aspects of Future War”, a polemical article of 1929 called “Recapitulation”' and the 1930 study “The War of 19-.” By transporting ourselves back to the 1920s, past not only the Vietnam and Korean Wars, but nearly two decades before World War II, we become silent observers of the unfolding drama of airpower's history. Knowing that transpired after Douhet wrote, we can test our understanding, find the assumptions and conclusions of Douhet that proved false, and read with wonder those that proved true. Some of what he wrote today seems almost timeless, 'principles' perhaps of the employment of aircraft in war. Giulio Douhet was a prophet. From the perspective of today, he still bears pondering. Serious thinking about the nature of war and the role of aerospace power will not in our lifetime cease to be of value.
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Vendeur : Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Etats-Unis
Etat : fair to good. Reprint Edition. 394, wraps, tables, some ink notes/highlighting to text, covers somewhat worn and scuffed, front cover creased. This book, first published in 1921, has been called the most important book on air power ever written. N° de réf. du vendeur 45018
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Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation. Soft cover, cover is marked. Shows sign of wear and tear. Shelf wear/edgewear. N° de réf. du vendeur 10530
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Vendeur : Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Etats-Unis
Trade paperback. Etat : Very good. Reprint Edition. xiv, 394 pages. Wraps. Tables. Format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9.5 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This is one of the USAF Warrior Studies series. General Giulio Douhet (30 May 1869 - 15 February 1930) was an Italian general and air power theorist. He was a key proponent of strategic bombing. He was a contemporary of air warfare advocates Billy Mitchell and Hugh Trenchard. Douhet argued that air power was revolutionary because it operated in the third dimension. Aircraft could fly over surface forces, relegating them to secondary importance. Command of the air meant victory. Douhet believed in the morale effects of bombing. Air power could break a people's will by destroying a country's "vital centers". Targeting was central to this strategy and he believed that commanders would prove themselves by their choice of targets. Douhet identified the five basic target types as: industry, transport infrastructure, communications, government and "the will of the people". This book, first published in 1921, has been called the most important book on air power ever written. This is the oft quoted, seldom seen classic work of Giulio Douhet, long out of print in English. "In the pantheon of air power theorists, Giulio Douhet holds center stage." - Richard P. Hallion, The Air Force Historian. "Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century's foremost strategic air power theorists. Along with William "Billy" Mitchell, Douhet understood that the technological advances in weaponry made during World War I were not fully utilized by Allied commanders. Douhet thus spent the decade after the war constructing a theory that would facilitate the strategic use of what he conceived to be the biggest technological breakthrough of all, the airplane. [.] Over time, [his] theories became institutionalized to the point that they were rarely questioned. Their influence was subsequently evident in strategic Air Force operations." - Air University Review, 1986. N° de réf. du vendeur 76228
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