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AIR POWER IN THE AGE OF TOTAL WAR
SAASS 627
2 November 2023 - 1 December 2023
This course "examines the development of air power and strategy in the crucible of the two World Wars."
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Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.
- Day 1: Baptism of Fire and Crucible of Airpower Theory: The Great War (2 November 2023)
Lee Kennett Obituary
The First Air War: 1914-1918 Review
- Day 2: Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power (3 November 2023)
William Mitchell Biography
Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power--Economic and Military Review
- Day 3: The Royal Air Force Experience (6 November 2023)
Richard Overy Biography (click on Biography on the right hand side)
RAF: The Birth of the World's First Air Force Review
Wing Commander R.H.M.S. Saundby
"Lecture: Small Wars, with particular Reference to Air Control in Semi-Civilised Countries, 1936" (Handout)
- Day 4: The Air Corps Tactical School (7 November 2023)
Philip Haun Biography
Lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School and American Strategic Bombing in World War II Review
- Day 5: Shrinking the Globe (8 November 2023)
Jenifer Van Vleck Biography (click on "About the Author", also includes book description) Discussion about the book (YouTube) (doesn’t work in .mil)
Empire of the Air: Aviation and the American Ascendancy Review 1 Review 2
- Day 6: The Battle of Britain (9 November 2023)
Stephen Bungay Biography
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain Interview Review
- Day 7: The Bomber Offensive: Planning and Execution (13 November 2023)
Tami Davis Biddle Biography
Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare Review
John Andreas Olsen Short Biography
The Air War in Europe, 1939-1945 (Chapter from Olsen's: A History of Air Warfare Review 1 Review 2 )
- Day 8: The Bomber Offensive: The Target State (14 November 2023)
Adam Tooze Biography
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Review 1 Review 2
- Day 9: The Eastern Front: The Greatest Air-Land Battle in History (16 November 2023)
Ilya Grinberg Biography
Von Hardesty
Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in WWII Book Description
- Day 10: The Pacific: The Carrier War (17 November 2023)
The Air War in the Pacific, 1941-1945 (Chapter in Olsen's: A History of Air Warfare (Review in Day 7))
Craig L. Symonds Biography
The Battle of Midway Review
- Day 11: The Pacific : Before the Pivot (27 November 2023)
Thomas E. Griffith Biography
MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific Review 1 Review 2
Toshi Yoshihara Biography
"Chinese Lessons From the Pacific War: Implications for PLA Warfighting" (Handout) (Click on "Download Pdf or "Read Full Publication" to read publication)
- Day 12: Trash Hauling and International Relations (28 November 2023)
John D. Plating Biography
The Hump: America's Strategy for Keeping China in World War II Review 1 Review 2
- Day 13: World War II Reinterpreted? (30 November 2023)
Phillips P. O'Brien Biography
How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II Review
- Day 14: (1 December 2023)
James M. Scott Biography
Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb Review
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