The influence of airpower upon history : statesmanship, diplomacy, and foreign policy since 1903 / edited by Robin Higham and Mark Parillo ; foreword by Richard B. Myers.

Other author Higham, Robin.
Other author Parillo, Mark P., 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoLexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2013.
Descriptionix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Air power--Case studies.
International relations--Case studies.
Military history, Modern--20th century.

Contents States and strategic airpower: continuity and change, 1906-1939 / John H. Morrow Jr. -- Politics and French aviators: a prism on the international European crises of the 1930s / Patrick Facon -- Hitler, airpower, and statecraft / Richard R. Muller -- The emperor and the despot : statesmen, patronage, and the strategic bomber in Imperial and Soviet Russia, 1909-1959 / David R. Jones -- Statesmen and airpower in Latin America, 1945-2010 / René de la Pedraja -- Presidential statesmen and U.S. airpower : personalities and perceptions / Jeffery S. Underwood -- Gunboat diplomacy : presidential use of aircraft carriers and their embarked air wings / Douglas V. Smith and Kent S. Coleman -- Chinese statesmen and the use of airpower -- Andrew S. Erickson -- A century of airpower / Mark Parillo.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012043104
ISBN9780813136745 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813136741 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813136752 (pdf)
ISBN081313675X (pdf)
ISBN9780813140728 (epub)
ISBN0813140722 (epub)

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