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Autore |
Buckley John (John D.) |
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Air power in the age of total war / / John Buckley |
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Bloomington, Ind. : , : Indiana University Press, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-36275-0 |
1-135-36276-9 |
1-280-42871-6 |
9786610428717 |
0-203-00722-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aeronautics, Military |
Air power |
History |
Air Forces |
Military & Naval Science |
Law, Politics & Government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-250) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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