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- John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
****Included on the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force's reading list for 2008 and the Royal Air Force's Centre for Air Power Studies 2008 Reading List****Dr. John Andreas Olsen has written an insightful, compelling biography of retired U.S. Air Force colonel John A. Warden III, the brilliant but controversial air warfare theorist and architect of Operation Desert Storm’s air campaign. Warden’s radical ideas about air power’s purposes and applications, promulgated at the expense of his own career, sparked the ongoing revolution in military affairs. Legendary in defense circles, Warden is also the author of The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat (republished by Brassey’s, Inc. in 1989). Presenting both the positives and negatives of Warden’s personality and impact in this objective portrait, Olsen offers a trenchant analysis of his revolutionary ideas and great accomplishments.
Table of Contents
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- List of Abbreviations
- pp. xiv-xvi
- 1. Origins: The Early Years
- pp. 7-12
- 3. The Making of a Strategic Thinker
- pp. 27-40
- 4. Operational Assignments
- pp. 41-63
- 12. A Farewell to Arms
- pp. 268-275
- Perspectives: The Intellectual Warrior
- pp. 276-285
- Appendix 1: “Instant Thunder”
- pp. 289-293
- Appendix 2: “CENTCOM Air Campaign Plan”
- pp. 294-297
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 329-334
- About the Author
- pp. 349-350
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597973236
Related ISBN(s)
9781597970846
MARC Record
OCLC
755606659
Pages
374
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No