Joint Air War

<p>This is a biography of General John K. Cannon. Cannon began his career as an infantry officer during World War I. After the Great War he joined the Air Corps spending much of the inter-war years in various training commands. He grew to prominence in World War II serving in the Mediterranean theater of operations. More than any other American air officer Cannon's wartime service traced the learning curve of Allied tactical aviation. First apprenticing under the British and then commanding the Twelfth Air Force Cannon helped originate or refine many of the ideas procedures and lessons of close air support and battlefield interdiction. After the war he played an instrumental role resurrecting the Tactical Air Command from a moribund state as its commander in the early 1950s. During the war and after he leveraged his keen mind and winning personality to maintain positive relations not only with other air leaders--who might otherwise have had a guarded opinion of his tactical aviation credentials but also ground officers--who surely had reason to critique air leaders of any ilk in the inter-service squabbles common to the day. There is much to learn from Cannon's legacy both as an officer and an Air Force leader. Regardless of uniform military officers can apply lessons from Cannon's life to help better conduct joint operations today and in the future.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>