Bombing the People: Giulio Douhet and the Foundations of Air-Power Strategy, 1884-1939

ISBN-13: 9781107037946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 291 str.

Hippler, Thomas

Opis

Charts how Giulio Douhet's pioneering strategy of targeting civilian populations with air power developed from 1884 to World War II.

Recenzje

'Thomas Hippler's book examines Douhet's output in considerable detail. He also quotes from many other (mainly Italian) writers, drawing on the 500+ documents listed in the bibliography. It is a book that needed to be written and his considerable research results in a very comprehensive analysis of Douhet's work, its supporters and its critics.' Aerospace

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Douhet's Strategic Thought: 1. The early Douhet; 2. History or technology?; 3. From pacifism to indiscriminate bombing; 4. The command of the air; Part II. Douhetism under Discussion: 5. Air power and the strategic context; 6. Alternatives to Douhetism; 7. Amedeo Mecozzi, the 'anti-Douhet'; Epilogue; Bibliography.