Research Catalog

Title

Air power and maneuver warfare / by Martin van Creveld ; contributing authors, Kenneth S. Brower and Steven L. Canby.

Author

Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-

Publication

Alabama : Air University Press, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Brower, Kenneth S.
• Canby, Steven L.

Description

xvi, 268 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The authors identify and discuss the fundamental concepts and principles of maneuver warfare, compare and contrast it to attrition-style warfare, and trace its origins and history. They examine the role of airpower in enhancing maneuver during the early German campaigns of World War II, in Germany's 1941 Russian campaigns, and in the Soviet version of maneuver warfare in World War II. They analyze the importance of airpower in maneuver warfare employed by Israel in the 1967 and 1973 wars and by coalition forces in the Gulf War. Dr. van Creveld forecasts what the role of airpower will be in warfare during the coming years. The book includes a response to the authors by the air doctrine analysts at Air University.

Subject

• Maneuver warfare
• Air power
• Maneuver warfare > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The nature of the beast -- Maneuver warfare in action: early German campaigns -- Meneuver warfare in action: the German 1941 campaign in Russia -- Maneuver warfare in action: the Soviet version -- Israel: maneuver warfare, air power, and logistics -- Maneuver warfare and air power in the 1990s.

LCCN

^^^94016884^

OCLC

• 30360850
• SCSB-12727868

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library