MILS531 - Strategic Air Power Theory
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This course explores the strategic theories of airpower in terms of their origin, development, and future potential. Airpower concepts are considered against the backdrop of its history during the last century and the current scenarios in the 21st century. Students evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of strategic airpower as the appropriate support for surface forces or the independent key to victory in war.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 08/26/12 |
Spring 2012 Session K - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Thunder & Lightning, Vol 2: Desert Storm & the Airpower Debates - available online at www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awchome.htm; go to AWC Gateway to Internet/Go to Military History
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| ISBN: |
9995718642
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| Publication Info: |
Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1995 (AU # B-2)
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| Author: |
Mann, Edward C
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| Unit Cost: |
$14.00
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| Book Title: |
America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing
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| ISBN: |
0817355030
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| Publication Info: |
University of Alabama Press
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| Author: |
MCFARLAND
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| Unit Cost: |
$33.50
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| Book Title: |
Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam
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| ISBN: |
0029059909 or 0803264542
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| Publication Info: |
NY: The Free Press, 1989
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| Author: |
Clodfelter, Mark
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| Unit Cost: |
$17.95
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| Book Title: |
Transformation of American Air Power
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| ISBN: |
0801438160
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| Publication Info: |
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000
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| Author: |
Lambeth, B
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| Unit Cost: |
$30.00
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| Book Title: |
Bombs, Cities, and Civilians: American Airpower Strategy in
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| ISBN: |
0700611037
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| Publication Info: |
Univ Press of Kansas
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| Author: |
Crane, C
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| Unit Cost: |
$23.50
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