100 years of air power & aviation /
One hundred years of air power and aviation
Robin Higham.
- 1st ed.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2003.
- xi, 435 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Centennial of flight series ; no. 5 .
Originally published: Air Power. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1972.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-419) and index.
Introduction -- Early attitudes toward air power -- The First World War -- The interwar years -- The Second World War: land-based air power -- The Second World War: seaborne air power -- Changes--militarily, politically, 1945-2003 -- Post-1945 military operations -- Civil aviation -- Patterns, philosophies, and lessons -- Appendix A. Acronyms and abbreviations -- Appendix B. Selected efficiency ratings.