Contributions

  • Mortensen, Daniel R. - Contributor

Publication

1998 - Air University Press, Maxwell AFB, Ala, Alabama

Language

English

Word Count

51,750 words, Guess

Page Count

207 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC358.4/03
  • LCCUG635.G7 A89 1998

Description

These four independent essays provide a perspective on airpower doctrine development that varies somewhat from the usual view. Essay 1 describes the organization, doctrine, operational practices, and personality of the air forces in the western desert from 1940 to 1943. Essay 2 describes and analyzes the events in northwest Africa during Operation Torch while the third analyzes the machination in policy development in Washington. Essay 4 analyzes the great tactical aviation exercise in northwest Europe, emphasizing the famous cooperation between George S. Patton and Otto P. Weyland.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Airpower and ground armies: essays on the evolution of Anglo-American air doctrine, 1940-43Air University Press1998-01-01

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