AIR POWER CONFRONTS AN UNSTABLE WORLD
Written by Richard P. Hallion
Published by Brassey's
in 1997
ISBN: 1857532384
AIR POWER CONFRONTS AN UNSTABLE WORLD
Written by Richard P. Hallion.
Stock no. 1802813
1st.
1997.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A series of essays that examine the critical role of air power in international security, focussing on how it can influence both combat and humanitarian operations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. xxiv and 247 pages including index. ISBN: 1857532384. Slight bumping to spine and lower edge. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly scuffed and has a tiny closed tear to top front edge of spine.
Front cover
Contents
- Biographical Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Preface: The Changing Nature of Air Warfare
- Air Commodore Andrew GB Vallance, RAF
- Introduction: Air Power Past, Present and Future
- Richard P Hallion, USAF
- 1. Doctrine, Technology and Air Warfare
- 2. Air Targeting Strategies: An Overview
- 3. Shattering Impact: The Psychology of Air Attack
- 4. Precision Air Attack in the Modern Era
- 5. Joint Air Warfare: Halfway There
- 6. Operations in Search of a Title: Air Power in Operations Other Than War
- 7. 'You'll Remember the Quality Long After You've Forgotten the Cost': Structuring Air Power for the Small Air Force
- 8. The New Calculus: The Future of Air Power in Light of its Growing Qualitative Edge
- Afterward: Challenges and Opportunities
- Index