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Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists


Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists

Paperback by Corum, James S.; Johnson, Wray R.

Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists

£37.95

ISBN:
9780700612406
Publication Date:
30 Jun 2003
Language:
English
Publisher:
University Press of Kansas
Pages:
560 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 - 29 May 2024
Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists

Description

The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings of World War II, but aeroplanes have long been instrumental in small wars as well. Ever since its use by the French to put down rebellious Moroccan tribes in 1913, air power has been employed to fight in limited but often lengthy small conflicts around the globe. This volume presents a comprehensive history of airpower in small wars - conflicts pitting states against non-state groups such as insurgents, bandits, factions and terrorists - tracing it from the early years of the 20th century to the present day. It examines dozens of conflicts with strikingly different scenarios, inluding: the Greek Civil War, the Philippine Anti-Huk campaign, French and British colonial wars, the war in South Vietnam before the American escalation, and counter-insurgency and counter-terrorist campaigns in the Middle East.

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