THE AIR WAR 1939-1945
Written by R.J. Overy
Published by Europa
in 1980
ISBN: 0905118537
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
THE AIR WAR 1939-1945
Written by R.J. Overy.
Stock no. 1330515
1st.
1980.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A general history of the Air War 1939-45. Blue buckram cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905118537. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased.
THE AIR WAR 1939-1945
Written by R.J. Overy.
Stock no. 1807262
1st.
1980.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A general history of the Air War 1939-45. Blue buckram cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0905118537. Spine slightly cocked. Light corner creases to lower edge of text block. Pictorial wrapper has a vertical crease to front flap.
Front cover
Contents
- List of tables
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Preparing for war
- (i) Aircraft and sea power
- (ii) Armies and air power
- (iii) Strategic bombing
- (iv) Aerial defence
- (v) Air power and strategy
- 2. The European Air War September 1939-41
- (i) From Poland to the Blitz
- (ii) The RAF, Bombing and the War at Sea
- (iii) The struggle for the Mediterranean
- (iv) Air Power and War 1939-41
- 3. The European Air War 1941-45
- (i) Air war on the Eastern Front
- (ii) The United States and the War in Europe
- (iii) Air Power in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
- (iv) From Casablanca to Victory
- (v) The Collapse of the Luftwaffe
- (vi) Air power and the War in Europe
- 4. The Air War in the Far East
- (i) The victory of Japanese Air Power
- (ii) The Allied defensive-offensive
- (iii) Bombing and collapse of Japan
- 5. The strategic Bombing offensives
- (i) Preparation and purpose
- (ii) Problems of execution, technology and intelligence
- (iii) The strategic argument
- (iv) The impact of bombing
- 6. Leadership, organisation and training
- (i) Leadership in the Air War
- (ii) Organisation in the armed forces
- (iii) The Air force officers corps
- (iv) Recruitment and training
- (v) Morale and the military tradition
- 7. The Aircraft Economics
- (i) Production and strategy
- (ii) The organisation of aircraft production
- (iii) Industry, bureaucracy and administration
- (iv) The mobilisation of industry
- (v) The efficiency of aircraft production
- (vi) Labour and raw materials
- (vii) The quality of aircraft
- (viii) Finance, capitalism and the war efford
- 8. Science, Research and intelligence
- (i) Science, and the air war
- (ii) Research, developments and the quality of weapons
- (iii) Intelligence and the air war
- (iv) Scientific intelligence
- 9 Conclusions