AU Library
This course "examines the development of air power and strategy in the crucible of the two World Wars."
Some materials listed below require access to subscription databases. If you cannot gain access, contact your local library for availability. AU students and faculty can contact the Library's Database Request Page for a password.
Internet Resources
Listed below is on-line information about books and their authors used in this course.
Seminar 1: Thursday, 22 August
Tami Davis Biddle Biography
Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare Review
Seminar 2: Friday, 23 August
Jenifer Van Vleck Biography (Scroll Down to 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
Seminar 3: Monday, 26 August
Joseph Maiolo Biography
Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 Review 1 Review 2
Seminar 4: Tuesday, 27 August
Milena A. Jaksic
Operational culture and Airpower Employment in the Luftwaffe: A Case Studey on Bomber Employment during the Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa
Seminar 5: Thursday, 29 August
In Class Discussions
Seminar 6 & 7: Tuesday, 3 September & Thursday, 5 September
Richard Overy Biography (Click on Biography)
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 Review 1 (Scroll Down to Pg 719) Review 2
Seminar 8: Friday, 6 September
Edward S. Miller Biography
War Plan Orange: The US Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 Review
Seminar 9: Monday, 9 September
Craig L. Symonds Biography
The Battle of Midway Review
Seminar 10: Tuesday, 10 September
Thomas E. Griffith Biography
MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific Review 1 Review 2
Seminar 11: Thursday, 12 September
James M. Scott Biography
Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb Review
Seminar 12: Friday, 13 September
Marc Gallicchio Biography
Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II Review (Scroll down to pg. 116)
Seminar 13: Monday, 16 September
Phillips P. O'Brien Biography
How the War was Won: Air-Sea Power and Allied Victory in World War II Review
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