{"product_id":"a-history-of-air-power-cond-vg","title":"A History of Air Power (cond. 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height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBasil Collier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePurnell Book Services Ltd.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e358\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 181.562px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 181.562px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 181.562px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis edition published by Purnell Book Services Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSt Giles House, 49-50 Poland Street\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLondon WIA 2LG by arrangement with Weidenfeld and Nicolson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCopyright © 1974 Basil Collier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e23 x 15 x 4 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 38.7164%; height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 68.53%; height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• AVIATION MILITAIRE\u003cbr\u003e• GUERRES - BATAILLES\u003cbr\u003e• ESSAIS - OUVRAGES THÉMATIQUES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilbur and Orville Wright believed, when early in the present century they produced the first practical man-carrying powered aeroplane, that their invention would 'make further wars practically impossible'. It has not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasil Collier traces the increasingly destructive history of the seventy years of air power from this false dawn to the spectacular and agonizing failures in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the First World War attempts by both sides to gain freedom for their aircraft to reconnoitre the enemy's lines gave rise to the concept of a struggle for air supremacy. Forecasts of bomb devastation were wildly overstated - in 1924 it was estimated that 27,000 people would be killed in London in one month. The heart of the book comes with the Second World War when theory gave way to practice, which in turn caused changes both in the thinking behind their use and in the machines themselves. Even so airpower remains considerably less decisive than expected. It was predicted, when Communist forces invaded South Korea in 1950, that the aggressors would lay down their arms as soon as the United States Fifth Air Force went to work on them. Yet neither in Korea, nor later in Vietnam, did massive air power enable its possessors to impose their will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSober and factual rather than polemical, Basil Collier's account allows the facts to speak for themselves and does not gloss over the mistakes of airmen who, by claiming more for air power than it was capable of performing, have repeatedly and disastrously misled their governments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basil Collier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51681674395994,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3015\/9446\/files\/IMG_4443.jpeg?v=1751447771","url":"https:\/\/aviation.brussels\/products\/a-history-of-air-power-cond-vg","provider":"aviation.brussels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}