Bombing the People by Thomas Hippler
Giulio Douhet is generally considered the world's most important air-power theorist and this book offers the first comprehensive account of his air-power concepts. It ranges from 1884 when an air service was first implemented within the Italian military to the outbreak of the Second World War, and explores the evolution and dissemination of Douhet's ideas in an international context. It examines the impact of the Libyan war, the First World War and Ethiopian war on the development of Italian air-power strategy. It also addresses the issue of Douhet's advocacy of strategic bombing, exploring why it was that Douhet became an advocate of city bombing; the meaning and the limits of his core concept of 'command of the air'; and the mutual impact of air power, military and naval thought. It also takes into account alternatives to Douhetism such as the theories developed by Amedeo Mecozzi and others.-
On a Knife Edge
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Uncivil War
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Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East
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How the War Was Won
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Rommel's Desert War
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Douglas Haig and the First World War
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Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany
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Learning to Fight
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Britain's Pacification of Palestine
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Anatomy of a Campaign
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Balancing Strategy
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The Making of the Modern Admiralty
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Thailand's Secret War
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German Strategy and the Path to Verdun
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Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War
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The Malayan Emergency
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Mussolini and his Generals
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The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy
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Enduring the Great War
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The Fall of Napoleon: Volume 1, The Allied Invasion of France, 1813–1814
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War's Logic
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Winning and Losing on the Western Front
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Victory through Coalition
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The Development of Military History in Britain
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Building an Air Force
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Leaving the Fight
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Moshe Dayan
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The German Army and the Defence of the Reich
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Foch in Command
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The Colonial Way of War
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Arms, Economics and British Strategy
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The Ottoman Road to War in 1914
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Haig's Intelligence
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America's Wars
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Britain and Italy in the Era of the Great War
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Violence and Occupation
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Reporting the First World War
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Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign
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Holding Out
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The Generalissimo
'Bombing the People presents a convincing argument as to why the development of Italian air power and its doctrines remain fundamental in military aviation todayAnyone with an interest in air power should find it a satisfying read.' Aviation History
'Detailed and thorough.' History Today
'The ideas presented on this subject are well worth further examination, as is the book overall.' Thomas Keaney, H-Net
'Thomas Hippler's book examines Douhet's output in considerable detail. He also quotes from many other (mainly Italian) writers, drawing on the 500+ documents listed in the bibliography. It is a book that needed to be written and his considerable research results in a very comprehensive analysis of Douhet's work, its supporters and its critics.' Aerospace
'Detailed and thorough.' History Today
'The ideas presented on this subject are well worth further examination, as is the book overall.' Thomas Keaney, H-Net
'Thomas Hippler's book examines Douhet's output in considerable detail. He also quotes from many other (mainly Italian) writers, drawing on the 500+ documents listed in the bibliography. It is a book that needed to be written and his considerable research results in a very comprehensive analysis of Douhet's work, its supporters and its critics.' Aerospace
Thomas Hippler is Associate Professor at Sciences Po Lyon, University of Lyon. His previous publications include Citizens, Soldiers and National Armies: Military Service in France and Germany (2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107037946 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107037948 |
| Title | Bombing the People |
| Author | Thomas Hippler |
| Series | Cambridge Military Histories |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 291 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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