Bibliograph

Strategy for victory, the development of British tactical air power, 1919-1943, David Ian Hall

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Label

Strategy for victory, the development of British tactical air power, 1919-1943, David Ian Hall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-236) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Strategy for victory

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

191749932

Responsibility statement

David Ian Hall

Series statement

Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought

Sub title

the development of British tactical air power, 1919-1943

Summary

Unlike any other book that has looked at air support for the British army in the Second World War, Strategy for Victory: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1919-1943 examines the highly contentious and protracted debate between the British army and the RAF over air support from the perspectives of the airmen - both the Air Staff in the UK and the RAF deployed on expeditionary operations overseas

Table Of Contents

Front Matter; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: How the Army Went to War without Adequate Air Support; 1. British Concepts of Air Power and Air-Ground Operations, 1918-1933; 2. Army-Air Co-operation and the Prelude to War, 1933-1939; 3. War and Defeat in France; 4. The Search for Responsibility: Post-mortem on the Defeat of the BEF, 1940; 5. Preliminary Campaigns in North Africa; Part II: How a System of Air Support Was Organised; 6. The Army's Struggle for Air Support; 7. Direct Air Support for the Army in the Western Desert

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