Kenneth P Werrell
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Description
xx, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
US Air Force assumptions about future conflicts have proved to be in error. Since 1945 the Air Force has geared itself for air-to-air combat and a nuclear exchange with a major power. Although this is certainly America's most serious challenge, it has turned out to be the least likely one. For the reality of war has proved to be far different. Since World War II the US Air Force has fought in two wars against minor powers, used conventional weapons,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While successful developments in aviation receive considerable attention, the projects that failed or otherwise did not live up to expectations receive far less, if any, scrutiny. Typically, unsuccessful efforts are briefer in duration and have a less visible paper trail. Thus, while the literature is rich in success stories, we tend to "forget" or simply bury our failures. And, as one observer has suggested, "that there were failures, mistakes,...