Forgotten Air Force French Air Doctrine in The 1930s

Name: Forgotten Air Force French Air Doctrine in The 1930s
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ISBN: 9781935623779

ISBN-10: 193562377X

ISBN-13: 9781935623779

Edition: 2015

Authors: Anthony Christopher Cain

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Germany's 1940 defeat of the Armee de l'air, perhaps the world's preeminent air force at the close of World War I, is commonly attributed to incompetent French leadership. Drawing on primary French sources not previously available to historians, Cain argues that in the 1930s the French Air Force was intellectually and operationally constrained, owing to an insufficient interest in and understanding of aviation by the Army and Navy high commands and the French government. But there was certainly no shortage of qualified officers who understood the capabilities of a modern air force in warfare.Through this groundbreaking and innovative analysis, Cain brings a measure of balance to European…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 5/12/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English