Understanding Air Warfare

Understanding Air Warfare provides the reader with a clear understanding of the key debates surrounding air power, one of the newest and most important forms of modern warfare.

List of contents

Introduction Part I: Air Power Concepts 1. The Nature of the Air Environment 2. The Foundations of Air Strategy 3. Proving the Concept: Air Power in War, 1939-45 4. Competing Visions of Air Warfare: From Hiroshima to the Fall of the Berlin Wall Part II: The Changing Nature of Air Warfare 5. Towards A Revolution in Air Warfare? 6. The Age of Transformation? Air Warfare from Desert Storm to the Balkans 7. The Age of Transformation? Air Power and the Challenge of Smaller Wars 8. Challenges for Future Air Warfare

About the author

David Jordan is a Senior Lecturer with the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham. He co-authoredUnderstanding Modern Warfare (CUP, 2008).

Summary

Understanding Air Warfare provides the reader with a clear understanding of the key debates surrounding air power, one of the newest and most important forms of modern warfare.

Product details

• Authors: David Jordan, David (Defence Studies Department Jordan, David (Principal Sorghum Breeder Jordan, David (Ruhr Universitat Bochum Jordan, Jordan David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9780415540605
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54060-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Air forces & warfare, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Air forces and warfare, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space