Command Of The Air [Hardcover]

This is the oft quoted, seldom seen classic work of Giulio Douhet, long out of print in English. In the pantheon of air power theorists, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. - Richard P. Hallion, The Air Force Historian. Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century's foremost strategic air power theorists. Along with William Billy Mitchell, Douhet understood that the technological advances in weaponry made during World War I were not fully utilized by Allied commanders. Douhet thus spent the decade after the war constructing a theory that would facilitate the strategic use of what he conceived to be the biggest technological breakthrough of all, the airplane. [...] Over time, [his] theories became institutionalized to the point that they were rarely questioned. Their influence was subsequently evident in strategic Air Force operations. - Air University Review, 1986