Strategy for victory : the development of British tactical air power, 1919-1943 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hall, David Ian
Published: Praeger Security International,
Publisher Address: Westport, CT :
Publication Dates: [2008]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought
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Carrier Form: xvii, 241 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-236) and index.
ISBN: 9780275977672 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
0275977676 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: UG635
CLC: E561.54-09
Call Number: E561.54-09/H175
Contents: Part I: How the Army went to War without adequate Air Support: British Concepts of Air Power and Air-Ground Operations, 1918-1933 ; Army-Air Co-operation and the Prelude to War, 1933-1939 ; War and Defeat in France ; The Search for Responsibility: post-mortem on the defeat of the BEF, 1940 ; Preliminary Campaigns in North Africa -- Part II: How a System of Air Support was Organised: The Army's Struggle for Air Support ; Direct Air Support for the Army in the Western Desert ; Debate, Decision, and Policy in 1942 ; Victory in North Africa through Superior Air Power ; The Birth of the Tactical