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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783728203321

Autore

Buckley John (John D.)

Titolo

Air power in the age of total war / / John Buckley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind. : , : Indiana University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-36275-0

1-135-36276-9

1-280-42871-6

9786610428717

0-203-00722-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Warfare and History

Disciplina

358.4

358.400904

Soggetti

Aeronautics, Military

Air power

History

Air Forces

Military & Naval Science

Law, Politics & Government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1 Air power in the age of total war; 2 The birth of air power; 3 The First World War 1914 18; 4 The development of air power doctrine and theory 1918 39; 5 Global air power 1918 39; 6 The war in Europe 1939 45; 7 The war in the Far East 1937 45; 8 Air power and the post war world; 9 Conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Warfare in the first half of the 20th century was fundamentally and irrovocably altered by the birth and subsequent development of air power. This work assesses the role of air power in changing the face of battle on land and sea. Utilizing late-1990s research, the author demonstrates that the phenomenon of air power was both a cause and a crucial accelerating factor contributing to the theory and practice of total war. For instance, the expansion of warfare to the homefront was



a direct result of bombing and indirectly due to the extent of national economic mobilization required to support fi