The Paths of Heaven : the Evolution of Airpower Theory

By Phillip S. Meilinger

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Title:	The Paths of Heaven : the Evolution of Airpower Theory
Author:	Phillip S. Meilinger
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airpower
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Publisher:	Air University Press


Citation APA MLA Chicago S. Meilinge, B. P. (n.d.). The Paths of Heaven : the Evolution of Airpower Theory. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.us/

Table of Contents
1 Giulio Douhet and the Origins of Airpower Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Col Phillip S. Meilinger 2 Trenchard, Slessor, and Royal Air Force Doctrine before World War II . . . . . . . . 41 Col Phillip S. Meilinger 3 Molding Airpower Convictions: Development and Legacy of William Mitchell’s Strategic Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Lt Col Mark A. Clodfelter 4 The Influence of Aviation on the Evolution of American Naval Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Dr. David R. Mets 5 Airpower Thought in Continental Europe between the Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Dr. James S. Corum 6 Interwar US Army Aviation and the Air Corps Tactical School: Incubators of American Airpower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Lt Col Peter R. Faber 7 Alexander P. de Seversky and American Airpower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Col Phillip S. Meilinger 8 Strategic Airpower and Nuclear Strategy: New Theory for a Not-Quite-So-New Apocalypse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Dr. Karl P. Mueller 9 Air Theory, Air Force, and Low Intensity Conflict: A Short Journey to Confusion . . . . . . 321 Prof. Dennis M. Drew 10 John Boyd and John Warden: Airpower’s Quest for Strategic Paralysis . . . . . . 357 Lt Col David S. Fadok 11 An Ambivalent Partnership: US Army and Air Force Perspectives on Air-Ground Operations, 1973–90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Dr. Harold R. Winton 12 The Evolution of NATO Air Doctrine . . . . . . . . 443 Col Maris “Buster” McCrabb 13 Soviet Military Doctrine and Air Theory: Change through the Light of a Storm . . . . . . . 485 Lt Col Edward J. Felker 14 Ascendant Realms: Characteristics of Airpower and Space Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Maj Bruce M. DeBlois 15 Reflections on the Search for Airpower Theory . . 579 Dr. I. B. Holley Jr. CONTRIBUTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

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