Why air forces fail : the anatomy of defeat /
According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris, "Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons, and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long." In the twentieth century, this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky
©2006.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jcj7s |
| Riassunto: | According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris, "Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons, and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long." In the twentieth century, this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world went to war, bringing destruction and reassessment with each failure. Why Air Forces Fail examines the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the air forces of various nations. Higham and Harris divide the air forces into three categories of defeat: forces that never had a chance |
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| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (382 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813171741 9780813171746 1283232847 9781283232845 9786613232847 661323284X 0813123747 9780813123745 0813137675 9780813137674 |