Airpower Pioneers - From Billy Mitchell to Dave Deptula

"Airpower Pioneers studies twelve especially influential airmen, detailing their impact on the evolution of the United States Air Force (USAF). This book describes the personal qualities and careers of people who distinguished themselves first and foremost by advancing airpower theory, doctrine, and strategy, and in certain cases by implementing significant organizational changes in the USAF structure"--

About the author

John Andreas Olsen is a colonel in the Royal Norwegian Air Force currently assigned to NATO headquarters. He is a professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, a non-resident senior fellow of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, and a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences. Professor Olsen has published a series of books on airpower strategy and defense policy, lectured worldwide, and received several awards for his writings. His latest books include Airpower Reborn, Airpower Applied, and Routledge Handbook of Air Power. 

Product details

• Assisted by: John Andreas Olsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2023
• EAN: 9781682477892
• ISBN: 978-1-68247-789-2
• No. of pages: 446
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: History of Military Aviation
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous