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008 101013s2011 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2010042365
020 _a9781586489816
_q(hardcover)
020 _a158648981X
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9781610391085
_q(pbk.)
020 _a161039108X
_q(pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)656451616
037 _bPerseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440
_nSAN 631-760X
050 0 0 _aUG630
_b.V285 2011
055 4 _aUG630
_bV36
082 0 0 _a358.4/03
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092 _a358.403
_bV223a
100 1 _aVan Creveld, Martin,
_d1946-
245 1 4 _aThe age of airpower /
_cMartin van Creveld.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bPublicAffairs,
_c
300 _axii, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aA renowned military historian tells the story of airpower's rise in the twentieth century-- and argues that its great days are over.
505 0 _aInto the blue, 1900-1939 -- Antecedents and beginnings -- Test passed -- Visions, organizations, and machines -- From war to war -- The greatest war of all, 1939-1945 -- From triumph to stalemate -- War of factories, war of wits -- Closing the ring -- From carrier war to grand finale -- The war that never was, 1945-1991 -- The dominant factor -- The jet and the helicopter -- Missiles, satellites, and drones -- Paper wars -- Little wars, 1945-2010 -- The twilight of naval aviation -- From Korea to the Sinai -- From the Sinai to Tehran -- Spurious victories? -- War amongst the people, 1898-2010 -- The first four decades -- Lose and leave -- A war too far -- After Vietnam -- Going down, 1945-?
650 0 _aAir power
_xHistory.
650 7 _aAir power.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00802495
650 7 _aLuftwaffe.
_2idszbz
650 7 _aLuftkrieg.
_2idszbz
650 7 _a
_xhistoria.
_2sao
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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