The conduct of the air war in the Second World War : an international comparison : proceedings of the International Conference of Historians in Freiburg im Breisgau, Federal Republic of Germany, from 29 August to 2 September 1988 /
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Gunter Roth
- Introduction / Horst Boog
- I. Air Warfare and Modernity
- 1. Air Power in the Second World War: Historical Themes and Theories / Richard J. Overy
- II. The Air Forces and the Armaments Industry
- 2. The German Aircraft Industry in the First and Second World Wars: A Comparison / John H. Morrow, jun.
- 3. Stimulation and Attitude of the German Aircraft Industry during Rearmament and War / Willi A. Boelcke
- 4. Air Army and Aircraft Industry in Italy, 1936-1943 / Lucio Ceva and Andrea Curami
- 5. Commentary / Richard J. Overy
- III. The Military, Research, Technology
- 6. German Aircraft Production, 1918-1939 / Edward L. Homze
- 7. The Development of Defensive Armament for US Army Bombers, 1918-1941: A Study in Doctrinal Failure and Production Success / Irving B. Holley, jun.
- 8. The High Command of the French Air Force and the Problem of Rearmament, 1938-1939: A Technical and Industrial Approach / Patrick Facon
- 9. Aeronautical Research in the Third Reich. Organisation, Management and Efficiency during Rearmament and War / Helmut Trischler
- 10. Commentary / Robin Higham
- IV. Doctrine, Technology, Logistics
- 11. The Soviet Air Force: Doctrine, Organisation and Technology / Von Hardesty
- 12. The Japanese Air Forces / Gerhard Krebs
- 13. The Influence of Pre-War Anglo-American Doctrine on the Air Campaigns of the Second World War / Williamson Murray
- 14. 'The Unsung Heroes of the Air': Logistics and the Air War over Europe, 1941-1945 / Robert P. Smith
- 15. Commentary / Alfred Goldberg
- V. Air Warfare and Humanity
- 16. The Strategic Air War and its Impact on the German Civilian Population / Olaf Groehler
- 17. Strategic Air War and International Law / Manfred Messerschmidt
- 18. Air War and the Laws of War / W. Hays Parks
- 19. The Luftwaffe and Indiscriminate Bombing up to 1942 / Horst Boog
- 20. Commentary / Richard Kohn
- VI. Tactical and Strategic Air Warfare
- 21. Co-operation between Air Force and Army in the French and German Air Forces during the Second World War / Michel Forget
- 22. The US Army Air Forces and Tactical Air War in the Second World War / Lee Kennett
- 23. Theory and Practice of the Air War: The Royal Air Force / John Terraine
- 24. Commentary / Karl Gundelach
- VII. Intelligence and Air Warfare
- 25. The Air Defence Gap: British Air Doctrine and Intelligence Warnings in the 1930s / Wesley K. Wark
- 26. US Army Air Forces Intelligence in the Second World War / Robert Frank Futrell
- 27. The Sources and Organisation of RAF Intelligence and Its Influence on Operations / Sebastian Cox
- 28. Scientific Intelligence of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War / R.V. Jones
- 29. Commentary / Michael I. Handel
- VIII. Air Power, Air Policy, High Command
- 30. The Air Threat and British Foreign and Domestic Policy: The Background to the Strategic Air Offensive / Malcolm Smith
- 31. French Air Policy in the Inter-War Period and the Conduct of the Air War against Germany from September 1939 to June 1940 / Lucien Robineau
- 32. General H.H. Arnold and Strategic Bombardment / John W. Huston
- 33. The Determination of RAF Policy in the Second World War / Henry A. Probert
- 34. Commentary / Lee Kennett
- Concluding Remarks / Horst Boog.