MILS301  - Air Warfare

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This course is a study of air power and the third dimension that accelerated the deepening and widening of war. Topics include a comprehensive examination of American air warfare history, strategy, operations, tactics and doctrine, focused on the creation of the airplane by the Wright brothers and the beginnings of airpower experience during the age of total warfare in World War I, the maturing of airpower during the World War II, through the limited warfare of Korea and Vietnam and warfare of the 21st Century. (Prerequisite - HIST300/HS334 for History and Military History majors only).

 

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
09/26/11 - 02/26/12 03/05/12 - 04/29/12 Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
12/26/11 - 05/27/12 06/04/12 - 07/29/12 Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Air Power in the Age of Total War
ISBN: 025321324X
Publication Info: IN: Indiana University Press
Author: Buckley, John
Unit Cost: $20.25

Book Title: War in the Third Dimension: Essays in Contemporary Air Power
ISBN: 1427516278
Publication Info: London, GBR: Brasseys, 1986
Author: Mason, RA
Unit Cost: $37.00

 
 
 

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