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Article: Air Force Roles and Mission: A History.(Review)
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- Air Power History
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- September 22, 2000
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Air Force Roles and Mission: A History. By Warren A. Trest. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 1998.
Do roles and missions matter, now that "jointness" has become the norm throughout the services? Warren A. Trest, a veteran of thirty years in the Air Force history program, thinks they do and in this modest, yet carefully researched and lucidly written monograph, he makes a convincing case that the services--the Air Force in particular--need to continue paying close attention. Simply put, roles and missions, or "functions" as they are sometimes called, can make or break a service. Budget shares rise and fall on functional assignments, so it ...