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Victory Through Airpower - General Chuck Horner And Operation Desert Storm

by John Andreas Olsen

~~43,17€~~ 38,85€ 10% OFF

 This compelling biography chronicles the life and leadership of General Chuck Horner, mastermind of the Gulf War’s revolutionary air campaign. Drawing on exclusive interviews and newly uncovered sources, it offers a powerful study in airpower, strategy, and the enduring principles of effective command.Victory Through Airpower deftly combines biography and operational history to explore the life and legacy of General Charles A. Horner, commander of the most successful air campaign in modern history—Operation Desert Storm.From his humble beginnings in Iowa to his rise as the first U.S. wartime Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), Horner’s story is one of resilience, innovation, and exceptional leadership. Author John Andreas Olsen follows Horner’s early career as a fighter pilot, his transformative experiences in Vietnam, and his pivotal role in shaping the Gulf War air campaign. Through exclusive interviews, personal correspondence, and newly uncovered Iraqi perspectives, this book provides a rare glimpse into the mind of a commander who redefined the art of modern warfare.Operation Desert Storm was a watershed moment in military history, and Horner was at its center. Olsen captures the strategic brilliance behind the air campaign through his exploration of Horner’s ability to integrate cutting-edge technology, build coalitions, and navigate the complexities of political expectations and joint operations. He also examines his unique relationship with General Norman Schwarzkopf and his ability to inspire trust and unity under the immense pressures of war.  But this is more than a story of military success—it is a study in leadership. Olsen highlights Horner’s professional mastery, personal integrity, and ability to adapt to the challenges of a rapidly evolving battlefield.
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Goering'S Ground Troops - The Luftwaffe Field Divisions Of World War Ii

by Michael John Stout

~~43,17€~~ 38,85€ 10% OFF

 This revealing history explores Hermann Goering’s desperate creation of twenty-two Luftwaffe Field Divisions—air force personnel hastily repurposed as infantry and sent to the Eastern Front with disastrous results. Michael J. Stout delivers the first full account of these ill-fated units, exposing their role in the collapse of Nazi military effectiveness.In September 1942, with German armies bleeding on the Eastern Front and manpower stretched to the breaking point, Hermann Goering made a fateful gamble. In an act of desperation—and with Hitler’s blessing—he ordered the formation of twenty-two Luftwaffe Field Divisions from the ranks of Germany’s air force. These men had been trained to maintain aircraft, cook meals, file paperwork, or fly bombers—not fight and die in Russia’s frozen tundra. Within three chaotic weeks they were deployed to the Eastern Front, poorly equipped and woefully unprepared. Predictably, their performance was disastrous, with many divisions disintegrating under fire.While significant to the German war effort and the history of the Luftwaffe, the Luftwaffe Field Divisions have received little analysis from professional historians. Author Michael J. Stout fills this gap by providing a complete history and full analysis of these divisions, examining their creation, training, combat service, and overall contribution to the German war effort. This book offers a new, revealing look at the unraveling of German military power and the growing dysfunction at the heart of the Nazi regime.
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Airpower Over The Rhine - The Luftwaffe, The French Air Force, And The Battle Of France

by James F. Slaughter

~~34,44€~~ 31,00€ 10% OFF

 Airpower over the Rhine is a critical new perspective on the air battle between the French Air Force (FAF) and the Luftwaffe in the skies over France during May and June 1940. Why were the French overpowered in the air? What factors led to their defeat? Author James F. Slaughter III examines how each country’s leadership created the circumstances that enabled the Luftwaffe’s victory over the FAF and Germany’s ultimate defeat of France.  Conventional wisdom—especially in the English-speaking world—purports that the FAF was a nonentity whose loss was all but guaranteed. But the FAF did, in fact, show up to fight. With virtually every disadvantage and under impossible conditions, FAF pilots nevertheless managed to land significant blows against the Luftwaffe—far more than they are given credit for today. Slaughter traces this misconception to a largely collaborationist cover-up beginning with the Rion Trials in Vichy France that was then perpetuated by Cold War politics and popular mythology.  Rather than absence or incompetence, the FAF lost due to a series of complex internal conflicts within French leadership, both political and military, that set them up to fail. This work compares and examines six fundamental areas that affected the development of the FAF and the Luftwaffe: aircraft and equipment, the aircraft industries, intelligence, the experiences of the Spanish Civil War, doctrine and training, and politics and air power. It also offers new details about and insights into Pierre Cot, a controversial French politician largely unknown outside France. Airpower over the Rhine explains Cot’s internal and external impact on the development of the French Air Force and details what is known about his apparent efforts to spy for the Soviet Union. Thoroughly researched and compellingly written, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in World War II.
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Birth Of British Airpower - Hugh Trenchard, World War I, And The Royal Air Force

by Peter John Dye

~~41,06€~~ 36,95€ 10% OFF

 An illuminating work which explores the importance of senior leadership in the development of the British Royal Air Force, focusing on the role of friendship and the influence of personality and character in delivering effective leadership. The lessons have continuing relevance in the exercise of command functions and the role of senior leaders.
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Airpower Pioneers - From Billy Mitchell To Dave Deptula

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 Studies twelve especially influential airmen, detailing their impact on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF). Rather than focus on command in a series of air campaigns, this book describes the personal qualities and careers of people who distinguished by advancing airpower theory, doctrine, and strategy.
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Tomcats And Eagles - The Development Of The F-14 And F-15 In The Cold War

by Tal Tovy

66,18€ + 10% CARD

 Explains how the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle were an integral part of the aerial component of the conventional arms race within the Cold War. The book argues that the trend of Soviet advanced weapon systems development created a perception of threat to the United States, challenging its conventional military power.
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At The Dawn Of Airpower - The U.S. Army, Navy, And Marine Corps'' Approach To The Airplane, 1907-1917

by Laurence M. Burke Ii

66,18€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the development of aviation in the US Army, Navy, and Marine Corps from their first official steps into aviation up to the United Statesâ€™ declaration of war against Germany in April 1917. Burke explains why each of the services wanted airplanes and show how they developed their respective air arms and the doctrine that guided them.
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Rise Of The War Machines - The Birth Of Precision Bombing In World War Ii

by Raymond P. O'Mara

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 Examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight to the first phase of the Combined Bomber Offensive in World War II. Raymond Oâ€™Mara builds a conceptual model of humans, machines, and doctrine that demonstrates a distinctly new way of waging warfare in human-machine teams.
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To Rule The Skies - General Thomas S. Power And The Rise Of Strategic Air Command In The Cold War

by Brent D. Ziarnick

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 Fills a critical gap in Cold War and Air Force history by telling the story of General Thomas S. Power for the first time. Brent Ziarnick covers the span of both Power's personal and professional life and challenges many of the myths of conventional knowledge about him.
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Selling Schweinfurt - Targeting, Assessment, And Marketing In The Air Campaign Against German Industry

by Brian D. Vlaun

62,28€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the relationships between air-intelligence organizations and key decision-makers. The bookâ€™s analysis spans from pre-war planning and doctrine development, through the Eighth Air Force's independent air campaign, and culminates with the formation of the US Strategic Air Forces and its 1944 pre-invasion preparations.
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Airpower Over Gallipoli, 19151916

by Sterling Michael Pavelec

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 Based on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the adventures of the handful of aviators and their aircraft during the Gallipoli Campaign. The book focuses on the men and machines, their contributions to the campaign, and the ultimate outcomes of the role of airpower in the early stages of World War I.
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Rear Admiral Herbert V. Wiley, U.S. Navy - A Career In Airships And Battleships

by Ernest Marshall

60,95€ + 10% CARD

 Simultaneously a biography of Admiral Herbert Victor Wiley and a history of the US Navy's lighter-than-air program. In its history the US Navy had four great airships. Wiley served on all four of these airships and the history of these vessels is covered through the career of Wiley.
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From Kites To Cold War - The Evolution Of Manned Airborne Reconnaissance

by Tyler Morton

68,83€ + 10% CARD

 From Kites to Cold War tells the story of the evolution of manned airborne reconnaissance, born of a desire for military commanders to see the terrain ahead and gain foreknowledge of enemy intent.
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Winning Armageddon - Curtis Lemay And Strategic Air Command, 1948-1957

by Trevor Albertson

55,65€ + 10% CARD

 Provides definition to an all-too-long neglected figure of the Cold War, General Curtis E. LeMay, and tells the story of his advocacy for nuclear first strikes while leading Strategic Air Command - the Cold War Air Force's nuclear organisation. This was despite a publicly proclaimed policy of deterrence.
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Flight Risk - The Coalition''S Air Advisory Mission In Afghanistan, 2005-2015

by Forrest L. Marion

55,58€ + 10% CARD

 From the 1920s Afghanistan maintained a small air arm that depended heavily upon outside assistance. Starting in 2005, the United States led an air advisory campaign to rebuild the Afghan Air Force (AAF). In 2007 a formal joint/combined entity, led by a US Air Force brigadier general, began air advisor work with Afghan airmen.
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Man Who Took Rap - Sir Robert Brooke-Popham And The Fall Of Singapore

by Peter Dye

62,21€ + 10% CARD

 A biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower. The book highlights Brooke-Popham's role in developing the first modern military logistic system, the creation of the Royal Air Force Staff College and the organisational arrangements that underpinned Fighter Command's success in the Battle of Britain.
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Beyond The Beach - The Allied War Against France

by Stephen Bourque

48,96€ + 10% CARD

 Examines the Allied air war against France, especially from April through June 1944. During this period, General Dwight David Eisenhower, as Allied Supreme Commander, took control of all American, British, and Canadian air units, including the heavy bombers of RAF Bomber Command and the United States Army Strategic Air Forces.
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Origins Of American Strategic Bombing Theory

by Craig F. Morris

48,96€ + 10% CARD

 There is no one complete study of the idea behind America's vision of strategic bombing that answers: how it originated, why it changed over time, the factors that shaped change, and how technology molded military doctrine? This book provides just such a full spectrum intellectual history of the American concept of strategic bombing.
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Airpower Applied - U.S., Nato, And Israeli Combat Experience

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 Tells the story of the evolution of airpower and its impact upon the history of warfare. Through a critical examination of twenty-nine case studies in which the United States in various coalitions and Israel played significant roles, the book offers perspectives on the political purpose, strategic meaning, and military importance of airpower.
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Bridge To Airpower - Logistic Support For Royal Flying Corps Operations On The Western Front, 1914-18

by Peter John Dye

62,21€ + 10% CARD

 Demonstrates how logistical competence provided a war-winning advantage for the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor to the Royal Air Force. It draws on a wide range of literature and original material to quantify these achievements while providing a series of illuminating case studies based around key battles.
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Airpower Reborn - The Strategic Concepts Of John Warden And John Boyd

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 Offers a conceptual approach to warfare that emphasizes airpowerâ€™s unique capability to achieve strategic effects. Six world-leading theorists argue that a viable strategy must transcend the purely military sphere, view the adversary as a multi-dimensional system, and pursue systemic paralysis and strategic effects rather than military destruction or attrition.
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The Impossible Destiny Of Cutie Grackle

by Shawn K. Stout

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The Birth Of British Airpower - Hugh Trenchard, World War I, And The Royal Air Force

by Peter John Dye

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 An illuminating work which explores the importance of senior leadership in the development of the British Royal Air Force, focusing on the role of friendship and the influence of personality and character in delivering effective leadership. The lessons have continuing relevance in the exercise of command functions and the role of senior leaders.
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Airpower In The War Against Isis

by Benjamin S. Lambeth

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 Chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by US Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal focus on the contributions of US Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT).
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