Australian Perspectives on Global Air and Space Power: Past, Present, Future

ISBN-13: 9781032137407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str.

Townsend, Nicole

Opis

This book surveys historical and emerging global air and space power issues and provides a multidisciplinary understanding of the application of air and space power in the past and present, as well as exploring potential future challenges that global air forces may face.

Spis treści

Introduction: An Australian Perspective on Air and Space Power Part One: Historical Perspectives 1. Military Aviation in the British Dominions before the First World War 2. The Australian Prisoner of War Experience in Stalag Luft III, 1942–45 3. Sir James Rowland and the Changing Strategic Use of Air Power in Australia, 1942–1979 4. Australian Air Power Strategy, Technologies, and Counter-insurgency in Malaya during the Cold War Part Two: Identity and Culture 5. The Importance of Asking Why the Royal Australian Air Force Exists 6. Identity as a Gatekeeper in Western Air Forces 7. The RAAF and the Tyranny of Training Part Three: Technology and Air Power 8. Human, Organisational, and Technological Lessons from Air Power and Joint Operations in Major Conflict 9. The Privatisation of Air Power 10. Hypersonic Propulsion as an Air Power Disruption or Disturbance 11. Military Culture and Resistance to Technical Innovation 12. Rubbery Assumptions: Anti-G Suits and Air Power in the Second World War Part Four: Air and Space Power in the 21st Century 13. Ethics, Strategy, and Australian Air Power in the 21st Century 14. Manoeuvre in the 21st Century 15. An Overview of Australian Space Power, from Desert Rockets to New Beginnings Part Five: Future Directions 16. Can the ADF become the Most Uncrewed and Autonomy-enabled Defence Force in the World? 17. Space Power and the Vulnerabilities of Satellites 18. Considering the Effects of Disruptive Technologies on Air and Space Power 19. Conclusion