An analysis of the operation of an aerial campaign.
Includes chapters on Interdiction, Close Air Support,
Defensive and Offensive operations, Air Superiority etc.
Extensive reference is made to experiences in WWII both in
Europe and the Pacific, and post-WWII with a look at the
role of the Israeli Air Force. The author was responsible
for the initial planning of the air war against Iraq in
the Gulf War.
Vg in rubbed card covers - xxvi + 193pp,
19 ills, tables, bibliography, index
National Defense University Press, 1988
ISBN 0028810031
THE SECOND
GULF WAR:
ABOUT THE LIBERATION OF
KUWAIT (AUGUST 1990 - MARCH 1991)
by Col. Edgar O'Ballance
A critical study of the war to liberate Kuwait. The
author analyses the Iraqi invasion, the Allied defensive
measures and build-up, and provides an analysis of the
Coalition and the contribution of the various nations
involved. Additionally he looks at the US military
reforms, Intelligence assessments, the chemical threat,
and the respective effectiveness of the Iraqi and the
Coalition forces.
An account of the major war criminals of Nuremburg who
were not hanged but imprisoned in Spandau. Includes Rudolf
Hess, Walther Funk, Albert Speer, Baldur von Schirach,
Konstantin von Neurath, Karl Doenitz and Erich Raeder. The
book examines the seven men, their attitudes to their
crimes, their motivation, responses and excuses, and their
machinations inside Spandau. The author looks at the
diplomatic and political infighting that went on between
the four Powers over the welfare and fate of the
prisoners. Some of the photographs are from family albums
or secret sources within Spandau.
Some ageing through storage. May be
inscribed by previous owner -
474pp, 46 b/w photos, diagram
The Army and the Third Reich - An essay in historical
interpretation. This book studies the Wehrmacht's relation
to Nazism, and provides an analysis of the Army
leadership's responses to Hitler. It also looks at the
growth and nature of the opposition in the military elite,
and includes a chapter on Colonel-General Ludwig Beck,
Chief of the General Staff, 1933-1938.
