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Air power history is the branch of military history that analyses and chronicles the activities of air forces as well as the other organisations, including the air branches of armies and navies, that undertake military aviation. It is essential knowledge for professional airmen and is taught not only in air force academies and command and staff colleges, but also in joint academies and colleges. It is also taught in many civilian universities, ordinarily in history departments. Some prominent air power historians, who also analyse current air power campaigns and operations, include: John Buckley, James Corum, Sebastian Cox, Ian Gooderson, Alan L. Gropman, Christina Goulter, Richard P. Hallion, Joel Hayward, Phillip Meilinger, Richard R. Muller, Williamson Murray, Vincent Orange, Richard Overy, Robert Pape, Peter Gray and Philip Sabin. Key air power history periodicals include Air Power Review, published in the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies, Air Power History published in the United States by the Air Force Historical Foundation, and the Air and Space Power Journal published in the United States by the USAF. See also History of aerial warfare Notes. Discover the Air Power History popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Air Power History books.
Best Seller Air Power History Books of 2024
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Understanding Company Financial Statements
R. H. ParkerThis concise and informative guide to the financial statements of companies has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition. The language of accounting and finance is ...
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Fighting the Invasion
David C. Isby & Robert KershawIn one of history’s most violent battles, Allied troops gathered along the shores of southern England, preparing for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Facing themfrom the P...
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The First Air War
Lee KennettHistorian Lee Kennett takes on the vital task of detailing the World War I aviator in this complete overview of the first air war, that Richard P. Hallion calls, "A welcome and lon...
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Limits of Air Power
Mark ClodfelterThe Limits of Air Power analyzes the American bombing campaigns in Vietnam and shows why the use of air power, so effective in previous wars, proved unsuccessful in a limited war.M...
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Fast Movers
John SherwoodOfficial navy historian John Sherwood offers an authoritative social history of the air war, focused around fourteen of these aviatorsfrom legends like Robin Olds, Steve Ritchie, a...
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Air Power History
Sebastian Cox & Peter Grayhe 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 n...
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Dresden
Frederick TaylorPublished to coincide with the bombing, this dramatic and controversial account completely reexamines the Allied attack on DresdenFor decades it has been assumed that the Allied bo...
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Storm Over Iraq
Richard HallionAn incisive account of the Persian Gulf War, Storm Over Iraq shows how the success of Operation Desert Storm was the product of two decades of profound changes in the American app...
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CACTUS Air Power At Guadalcanal
Major Timothy L. ClubbThis study examines the role of the CACTUS Air Force during the battle for Guadalcanal. Hurriedly planned and executed, Guadalcanal was the first U.S. ground offensive in the Pacif...
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The Battle of Britain
James HollandA groundbreaking new account of the Battle of Britain from acclaimed Cambridge historian James Holland The Battle of Britain paints a stirring picture of an extraordinary summer wh...
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How The War Was Won
Phillips Payson O'BrienWorld War II is usually seen as a titanic land battle, decided by mass armies, most importantly those on the Eastern Front. Phillips Payson O'Brien shows us the war in a completely...
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The Collapse of the German War Economy, 1944-1945
Alfred C. MierzejewskiIn this book Alfred Mierzejewski describes how the German economy collapsed under Allied bombing in the last year of World War II. He presents a broadbased, original study of Germ...
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Bloody April 1917
James S. CorumResearched from originallanguage primary sources, this is a uniquely wellinformed and multifaceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April. Researched from origina...
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The Narrow Margin
Derek Wood & Derek Dempster“For vividness and a sense of the overall flow of the battle . . . The Narrow Margin is excellent for the British side.”Air & Space Magazine The Battle of Britain s...
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The Desert Air Force in World War II
Ken DelveThis is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known. It was formed in North Africa...
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Why the U.S. Air Force Did Not Use the F-47 Thunderbolt in the Korean war.
Air Power HistoryDuring World War II, the Republic P47 Thunderbolt gained an enviable reputation for accomplishment and toughness. With a skilled pilot at its controls, it was a formidable fightert...
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Vietnam War Almanac
James H. WillbanksWith more than 58,000 casualties and 300,000 wounded, at a cost of more than $130 billion, the Vietnam War became one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. The scars ...
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The Influence of Air Power Upon History
Walter J. Boyne“A comprehensive, balanced overview of war in the air” from a worldrenowned authority on aviation history and New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist). The Influence of A...
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Overlord
Thomas Alexander HughesOver Lord is the fascinating story of how American tactical air power was developed by General Elwood "Pete" Quesada during World War II, including its decisive role in Operation O...
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Sunburst
Mark PeattieThis acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the ...
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Clash of Wings
Walter J. BoyneFrom the author of Clash of Titans comes a captivating exploration of the role of air power in World War II. In his captivating narrative, Boyne resurrects the war of the skies in ...
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Sustaining the Carrier War
Stan FisherThe ability of the United States Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership. Naval aviation maintenance ...
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Operation Ro-Go 1943
Michael John ClaringbouldA compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation RoGo, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War, but which became Japan's ...
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Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam, Ideas and Actions
Dr Donald J. MrozekUltimately, this study is about a smaller Vietnam War than that which is commonly recalled. It focuses on expectations concerning the impact of air power on the ground war and on s...
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Most Honorable Son
Gregg JonesThe first comprehensive biography of unjustly forgotten war hero Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American farm boy from Nebraska who flew fiftyeight combat missions, fighting the Axis power...
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The Somme
Martin GilbertFrom one of our most distinguished historians, an authoritative and vivid account of the devastating World War I battle that claimed more than 300,000 livesAt 7:30 am on July 1, 19...
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Air Power in the Falklands Conflict
John ShieldsA Royal Air Force veteran of the Falklands Conflict presents a comprehensive, mythbusting study of the air campaign. In the spring of 1982, Argentina and the UK engaged in tense co...
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Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power
William F. TrimbleAdmiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power covers the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945). Spanning most of the first half of the twe...
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Soviet Air Power of the Cold War
Michael GreenAt the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed some 12,000 aircraft, making it the largest air force of all the protagonists. By the 1990s this had declined to...
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The Secret Team
L. Fletcher ProutyThe Secret Team, L. Fletcher Prouty's CIA exposé, was first published in the 1970s, but virtually all copies of the book disappeared upon distribution, purchased en masse by shady ...
