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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791966303321

Titolo

Air power and armies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, AL, : University of Alabama Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8173-8330-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Classificazione

355.469

Altri autori (Persone)

SlessorJohn Cotesworth

Disciplina

358.4/03

Soggetti

Air power - Great Britain - History

World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations, British

Aeronautics, Military - Great Britain

1.Verdenskrig 1914-1918

Luftkrigsførelse

Luftstrategi

Electronic Books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: London : Oxford University Press, 1936.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction; Contents; Part I. Air Superiority; I. The Object; II. The Main Offensive; III. The Supplementary Offensive. The Destruction or Neutralization of Enemy Air Forces; IV. The Supplementary Offensive (contd.); Part II. The Selection of Objectives; V. Strategic Concentration; VI. Fighting Troops and Supply; VII. Air Attack on Communications; Part III. The Battle of Amiens, August 8th-11th, 1918; VIII. The Story of the Battle; IX. The R.A.F. in the Battle The Air Plan; X. The R.A.F. in the Battle (contd.)Tactical Concentration; Part IV. Conclusions; XI. The Third Revolution

Sommario/riassunto

Sir John Cotesworth Slessor (1897-1979) was one of Great Britain's most influential airmen. He played a significant role in building the World War II Anglo-American air power partnership as an air planner on the Royal Air Force Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff, and the Combined Chiefs of Staff. He coordinated allied strategy in 1940-41, helped create an Anglo-American bomber alliance in 1942, and drafted the compromise at the Casablanca Conference that broke a deadlock in Anglo-American strategic debate.