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CONTENTS Preface to the Paperback Edition viii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The Challenge 11 2. Training to Destroy 61 3. Trial and Error-Early Operations 81 4. To the Brink-The Fall Crisis 117 5. Transition to Air Superiority-Big Week 157 6. Berlin, the Strategic Fighter Campaign, and Control of the Air 193 Epllogue 239 Appendix 249 Notes 253 Bibliographic Essay 297 Selected Bibliography 305 Credit Lines 317 Index 319 vii ...

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