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Tables of Contents for Air Power History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Editors' Preface
vii
Introduction
ix
Richard Overy
Part I: The First World War and the Inter-war Years
Learning in Real Time: The Development and Implementation of Air Power in the First World War
3
18
Tami Biddle
Achieving Air Ascendancy: Challenge and Response in British Strategic Air Defence, 1915-40
21
30
John Ferris
The Royal Naval Air Service: A Very Modern Service
51
15
Christina M. Goulter
The Luftwaffe and Lessons Learned in the Spanish Civil War
66
27
James S. Corum
Part II: The Second World War
The Second World War as a Turning Point in Air Power
93
32
Richard P. Hallion
Maritime Air Power and the Second World War: Britain, the USA and Japan
125
17
John Buckley
A Neglected Turning Point in Air Power History: Air Power and the Fall of France
142
31
Stuart W. Peach
`Learning is Winning': Soviet Air Power Doctrine, 1935-41
173
15
James Sterret
The Development of Tactical Air Doctrine in North Africa, 1940-43
188
19
Brad Gladman
Logistics Doctrine and the Impact of War: The Royal Air Force's Experience in the Second World War
207
17
Peter Dye
Australia and the War in the Pacific, 1942-45
224
25
Ian MacFarling
Part III: The Gulf War 1991
Planning the Air Campaign: The Washington Perspective
249
9
Diane Putney
The 1991 Bombing of Baghdad: Air Power Theory vs Iraqi Realities
258
29
John Andreas Olsen
The Gulf War and UK Air Power Doctrine and Practice
287
16
Sebastian Cox
Sebastian Ritchie
Part IV: Air Power in Regional Conflict
Solidifying The Foundation: Vietnam's Impact on the Basic Doctrine of the US Air Force
303
15
Mark Clodfelter
Air Power Victorious? Britain and NATO Strategy during the Kosovo Conflict
318
12
Sebastian Ritchie
The Balkans: An Air Power Basket Case?
330
15
Peter W. Gray
Notes on Contributors
345
6
Index
351