The Influence of Air Power Upon History
- ISBN-10
- 1844151999
- ISBN-13
- 9781844151998
- Category
- Air power
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Author
- Walter J. Boyne
Description
The Influence of Air Power upon History is a thorough examination of how air power was applied from the very earliest days of the balloon down to the latest use of space technology. Including both air and aerospace military power in his considerations, Boyne (a retired U.S. Air Force colonel) surveys, in a celebratory fashion, the use of air power in international conflict. His analysis is perfectly in line with the technological fetishism of most U.S. war planners, almost invariably arguing that the imposition of superior air power is the most decisive factor in winning wars, and even suggesting that the American war in Vietnam would have been won with just a little more bombing. Chapters cover the development and deployment of air power doctrines by the United States, its allies, and its enemies in wars in which it was politically concerned
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