Why Air Forces Fail The Anatomy of Defeat

Name: Why Air Forces Fail The Anatomy of Defeat
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ISBN: 9780813123745

ISBN-10: 0813123747

ISBN-13: 9780813123745

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robin Higham, Stephen J. Harris

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This history examines air forces that have been defeated and explains the complex, often deep-seated foundations for these catastrophes. It considers cases of Russian, Polish, French, British, German, Argentine, and US air force defeats, looking beyond the military factors.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication date: 2/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.606

Steven J. Harris is a professor at the Jesuit Institute, Boston College.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Poland's Military Aviation, September 1939: It Never Had a Chance




L'Armee de l'Air, 1933-1940: Drifting toward Defeat




The Arab Air Forces




Defeat of the German and Austro-Hungarian Air Forces in the Great War, 1909-1918




Downfall of the Regia Aeronautica, 1933-1943




The Imperial Japanese Air Forces




Defeat of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945




The Argentine Air Force versus Britain in the Falkland Islands, 1982




From Disaster to Recovery: Russia's Air Forces in the Two World Wars




The United States in the Pacific




Defeats of the Royal Air Force: Norway, France, Greece, and Malaya, 1940-1942



Conclusion



List of Contributors


Index