Air forces and warfare

For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself.

Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, another Pearl Harbor of even more devastating consequence for American arms occurred in the Philippines, 4,500 miles to the west.

This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine.

Hundreds of unique color photos showing how soldiers decorated their helicopters during the Vietnam War.

A Military History of India since 1972 is a definitive work of military history that gives the Indian military its rightful place as a key contributor to Indian democracy.

The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force?

Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States' primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its immense military might.

In Spring 1945 the outcome of the war was ritually certain but the mighty River Rhine still stood in the way of the Allies.

On an early morning in the fall of 1942, Kemp McLaughlin's group set out for a raid on a French target.

As a 26-year old Marine radar intercept officer (RIO), Fleet Lentz flew 131 combat missions in the back seat of the supersonic F-4 B Phantom II during the wind-down of the Vietnam War.

Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA groundbreaking account of the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the original version of this book, Red Phoenix, was hailed by the Washington Post as both brilliant and monumental.

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A lavishly illustrated and highly designed history of one of the defining moments of both British history and World War II.

This book examines and analyses the relationship between the RAF, the Free French Movement and the French fighter pilots in WWII.

A lavishly illustrated and highly designed history of one of the defining moments of both British history and World War II.

This book offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

The Avro Shackleton was a formidable machine with its Griffon engines producing the characteristic grumble that gave the aircraft one of its nicknames, the Growler.

In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century.

A new study of how the first purpose-built anti-tank helicopter gunship the Bell AH-1 Cobra engaged communist armor and well-armed irregular fighters in the war for control of Vietnam.

Between 1973 and 1989, various Western powers and Libya were entangled in a seemingly never-ending exchange of blows.

The first in a two-part study of the October 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese.

The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war.

San Diego Book Award Winner: “An excellent overview of the U.

This book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past.

The turbulent life of Gregory Pappy Boyington, the top U.

Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire this is a gripping and visually spectacular volume, which celebrates the life of Britain's most iconic military aircraft.

This book is focused on militarization as the nucleus of EU space policy and the interrelatedness of European security, industrial competitiveness, and military capabilities in the shaping of this policy.

Predators is a riveting introduction to the murky world of Predator and Reaper drones, the CIA's and U.

The Great War tore the fabric of Europe apart, killing over 35 million men and challenging the notion of heroism in war, Air and Sea Power in World War I focuses on the experience of World War I from the perspective of British pilots and sailors themselves, to demonstrate that the army-centric view of war studies has been too limited.

Dive into the daring deeds of wartime pilots in the throes of World War II.

Born in 1916, after learning to fly as a civilian, Ian Richard Gleed was granted a RAF commission in 1936.

This edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space.

At the A-7 Corsair II's peak in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy squadrons flew various versions of the aircraft, including six Naval Air Reserve units, and these many of these units saw action across the Middle East.

After 9/11, the initial focus from the U.

Air Vice-Marshal James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, DL was a character literally from the pages of Boys' Own: an individual who became the RAF's top-scoring fighter pilot of the Second World War.

Since the end of World War 2, the tactical air war over Europe has been largely overlooked in favour of analysis of the higher profile strategic bombing campaign.

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Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle-making brothers from Dayton, Ohio, secured their place as the most famous names in aviation history when, on December 17, 1903, they made the first powered, controlled, and sustained heavier-than-air flight.

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‘I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on.

Tucked away in the archives of the Museum for Transport and Technology in Berlin is an old photograph of a Hawker Hurricane on public display.

In Night Hunters, air power historian William P.

Who speaks for the dead?

This book analyses the rationale and history of space programs in countries of the developing world.

Using maps, contemporary photographs, and new artwork, this book examines the Hellcat and the naval aviators who flew them.

The first volume of Roger Brooks detailed reference to the Victor covers the conception, design and test-flying of the prototype HP 80 and then the production and operation of the Mark 1 in its many roles.