Explores something of the background of the contemporary air weapon. Attempts to distill from past experience in the development of air material those lessons which might be of help in formulating policies for exploiting the air weapons more successfully in the future. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1953. Air Force ISBN 0-912799-11-0. L.C. card 83-18967."Remains one of the finest texts ever written on the history of warfare and weapons acquisition." from the foreword by Richard P. Hallion
Author(s): I. B. Holley
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 222
Front......Page 1
Foreword......Page 3
Introduction......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Footnote Guide and Glossary......Page 9
Contents......Page 12
I. The Problem Presented......Page 15
1. The Development of Weapons: Procedures & Doctrine......Page 16
II. The Problem of the Air Weapon, 1907-1918......Page 36
2. The Air Weapon in the US, 1907-18......Page 38
3. Planning the Aerial Weapon......Page 52
4. Organization for Decision......Page 78
5. Organization for Information......Page 95
6. Organization for Research and Development......Page 116
7. The Development of Air Weapons: Fighters & Observation Aircraft......Page 131
8. The Development of Air Weapons: Bombers......Page 146
III. Heritage of the Air Weapon From WWI......Page 160
9. The Postwar Air Service & Development of the Air Weapon......Page 162
10. The Postwar Air Service & Air Doctrine......Page 170
11. Summary & Conclusion......Page 188
Bibliographic Note......Page 192
A......Page 224
B......Page 225
C......Page 226
D......Page 227
E-G......Page 228
H-J......Page 229
L-M......Page 230
N-P......Page 231
Q-R......Page 232
S......Page 233
T-U......Page 234
V-Z......Page 235
