The Age of Airpower By Van Creveld, Martin Publisher : Public Affairs Published Date : 2012/05 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9781610391085 BookWeb Price : MYR 67.16 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : MYR 60.44 Availability Status : Our fulfillment centre has the item in stock. Usually dispatches within 3 working days. Language : English

 
Preface                                            ix
  PART I INTO THE BLUE, 1900--1939
    1 Antecedents and Beginnings                   3  (22)
    2 Test Passed                                  25 (26)
    3 Visions, Organizations, and Machines         51 (28)
    4 From War to War                              79 (14)
  PART II THE GREATEST WAR OF ALL, 1939-1945
    5 From Triumph to Stalemate                    93 (20)
    6 War of Factories, War of Wits                113(18)
    7 Closing the Ring                             131(22)
    8 From Carrier War to Grande Finale            153(20)
  PART III THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS, 1945--1991
    9 The Dominant Factor                          173(18)
    10 The Jet and the Helicopter                  191(24)
    11 Missiles, Satellites, and Drones            215(20)
    12 Paper Wars                                  235(22)
  PART IV LITTLE WARS, 1945--2010
    13 The Twilight of Naval Aviation              257(20)
    14 From Korea to the Sinai                     277(20)
    15 From the Sinai to Tehran                    297(20)
    16 Spurious Victories?                         317(22)
  PART V WAR AMONGST THE PEOPLE, 1898-2010
    17 The First Four Decades                      339(20)
    18 Lose and Leave                              359(20)
    19 A War Too Far                               379(22)
    20 After Vietnam                               401(22)
Conclusions: Going Down, 1945-?                    423(20)
Notes                                              443(42)
Index                                              485