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