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Air Power History
Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo
Series: Studies in Air Power
he 20th century saw air power transformed from novelists' fantasy into stark reality. From string and canvas to precision weaponry and stealth, air power has progressed to become not only the weapon of first political choice, but often the only conceivable option. This rapid development has given...
Published May 30th 2002 by Routledge
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Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940
Air Defence of Great Britain, Volume 1
Series: Royal Air Force Official Histories
The first of two volumes of the classified Air Historical Branch study of Fighter Command and the Air Defence of the United Kingdom. It covers pre-war expansion of the Command, the creation of the first integrated air defence system, and an account of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain....
Published August 29th 2001 by Routledge
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Despatch on War Operations
23rd February 1942 to 8th May 1945
Series: Studies in Air Power
This is the first time that Sir Arthur Bomber' Harris's own papers covering his three and a half years at Bomber Command have been published and made available to the general public. The book also contains an introduction by Sebastian Cox, an Air Staff Memorandum written immediately after the war...
Published November 29th 1995 by Routledge