Recently added articles from Airpower Journal:
"Raise the standard!"
Oct 01, 1999; ... WITH THESE WORDS in 1642, the royal standard (flag) went up over Nottingham, announcing that England was at war. Thus began the English Civil War involving forces loyal to King Charles I and the famous Ironsides of Oliver Cromwell. As the new editor in chief of Airpower Journal, I also have a ...
Richochets and replies
Oct 01, 1999; ... We encourage your comments via letters to the editor or comment cards. All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, Airpower Journal, 401 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB AL 361126428. You can also send your comments by E-mail to editor(R)cadre. maxwell. af. mil. We reserve the right to ...
Aerospace power and land power in peace operations
Oct 01, 1999; ... Toward a New Basis for Synergy IN THE WORLD of military policy and operations, peace operations are a growth industry. The United Nations (UN) activated just 13 peacekeeping operations in the 40 years between 1948 and 1988. In the last 10 years, the international body has activated or ...
Space power and the revolution in military affairs
Oct 01, 1999; ... CONCEPTUALLY, SPACE power has scored more success in the last five years than in the previous 50. At least as an idea, space power has come of age in the second half of the 1990s. So much for the good news. The less than good news is that the distance between a powerful idea and ...
Warden and the air corps tactical school
Oct 01, 1999; ... What Goes Around Comes Around What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. -Ecclesiastes 1:9 BETWEEN 1926 AND 1940, officers at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) created the theory and doctrine which would ...
Man's place in space-plane flight operations
Oct 01, 1999; ... Cockpit, Cargo Bay, or Control Room? THESE WORDS, written by one of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency's (NASA) founding fathers and a driving force behind America's first manned space program (Project Mercury), were prophetic considering the United States Air Force's renewed ...
Fusing airpower and land power in the twenty-first century
Oct 01, 1999; ... Insights from the Army after Next THE US ARMY'S "Army after Next" (AAN) project recently concluded the second of its annual tactical-/ operational-level war games (TWG). The AAN TWG, a vital part of the Army's future-warfare laboratory, provides a tool for evaluating and refining AAN ...
The new American security force
Oct 01, 1999; ... Edtior's Note: The following article by John Warden is the christening piece for APJ's new "Vortices" section. As indicated in this issue's editorial Vortices is an area for opinion pieces that may be controversial and will hopefully spur further dialogue. In order to promote beneficial critical ...
Understanding peace operations: A reply to Col Robert C. Owen
Oct 01, 1999; ... IN "AEROSPACE POWER and Land Power in Peace Operations: Toward a New Basis for Synergy," which appears in this issue, Col Robert C. Owen makes some important points about peace operations, but I take exception to some of his views. Let me begin by defending the United States against Colonel ...
The Aerospace Power Coourse: Preparing the Expeditionary Air Force for the 21st Century
Oct 01, 1999; ... The Aerospace Power Course: Preparing the Expeditionary Air Force for the 21st Century by the College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education. CD-ROM. Cubic Applications, Inc., 401 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112, 1999. The Aerospace Power Course is a slick, new, ...
Women in the Military: Flirting with Disaster
Oct 01, 1999; ... Women in the Military: Flirting with Disaster by Brian Mitchell. Regnery Publishing, Inc., One Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20001, 1998, 390 pages, $24.95. Spend your $25 on anything except this book, which, at best, will outrage a liberal reader and embarrass a ...
A World Transformed
Oct 01, 1999; ... World Transformed by George Bush and Brent Scowcroft. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 201 East Fiftieth Street, New York, New York 10022, 1998, 566 pages, $30.00. In the four years that President Bush occupied the White House, many pivotal events around the world would occur. He will go down in ...
Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries and Reality
Oct 01, 1999; ... Cyberwar 2.0: Myths, Mysteries and Reality edited by Alan D. Campen and Douglas H. Dearth. AFCEA International Press, 4400 Fair Lakes Court, Fairfax, Virginia 220333899, 1998, 398 pages. Al Campen and Douglas Dearth compile an impressive list of authors in Cyberwar 2.0. The list of ...
NATO 1997: Year of Change
Oct 01, 1999; ... NATO 1997: Year of Change edited by Lawrence R Chalmer and Jonathan W. Pierce. National Defense University Press, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319,1998, 245 pages. With substantial changes affecting all international organizations, none have been as dramatic as the ...
United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995 / A Heritage of Wings: An Illustrated History of Navy Aviation
Oct 01, 1999; ... United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995, 4th ed., by Roy A. Grossnick. Naval Historical Center, 901 M Street SE, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374-5060, 1997, 881 pages, $73.00. A Heritage of Wings: An Illustrated History of Navy Aviation by Richard C. Knott. Naval Institute ...
The War of Atonement, October 1973
Oct 01, 1999; ... The War of Atonement, October 1973 by Chaim Herzog. Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited, Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN, 1998, 300 pages, $29.95. Reading Herzog is always a delight, and many people who study the Middle East are familiar with his book The ...
The Lions of July: Prelude to War, 1914
Oct 01, 1999; ... The Lions of July: Prelude to War, 1914 by William Jannen Jr. Presidio Press, 505B San Marin Drive, Suite 300, Novato, California 94945-1340, 1996, 456 pages, $18.95. The 80th anniversary of the armistice ending the Great War has recently passed. Historians and political scientists, ...
The Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory
Oct 01, 1999; ... The Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory edited by Col Phillip S. Meilinger. Air University Press, 170 West Selfridge Street, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6610, 1997, 650 pages, $20.00. Discerning readers will derive well-grounded observations from this exhaustive ...
To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949
Oct 01, 1999; ... To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 by Roger G. Miller. Air Force History and Museums Program, 200 McChord Street, Box 94, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 20332-1111, 1998, 132 pages. Roger G. Miller's To Save a City is one of the most detailed yet concise analyses of the first ...
Perspectives on Air Power: Air Power in its Wider Context
Oct 01, 1999; ... Perspectives on Air Power: Air Power in its Wider Context edited by Group Capt Stuart Peach, RAF. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, 1998, 351 pages. Britain's Royal Air Force holds regular airpower seminars wherein airmen from several countries meet to ...