Air power and armies / / J.C. Slessor, Wing Commander ; foreword by Phillip S. Meilinger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827501203321
• 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
• Disciplina: 358.4/03
• Soggetti: Aeronautics, Military; World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial operations; Aeronautics, Military - Great Britain
• 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: 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.