Ten Propositions Regarding Air Power

From the foreword: Air power has become the dominant form of military power projection in the modern world. The doctrinal underpinnings of air power thought are of course traditionally ascribed to the three great theorists of air power application Douhet Trenchard and Mitchell. Since the Second World War the air power community has not often explored the doctrinal implications of air power development. Lord Tedders Lee Knowles lectures at Cambridge and the writings of Air Vice Marshal R. A. Mason and Colonel John A. Warden I11 constitute notable-and noteworthy-exceptions. Now comes Colonel Phillip Meilinger who has posited a group of provocative propositions that will instill an apprecia-tion for air power for those who seek to understand it and challenge the assumptions of those who do not yet appreciate what it offers. This book has been deliberately designed in a small format so that it can be readily carried in the pocket of a flight suit or a BDU. The single most important book that you can read about air strategy.--Ed.