Japanese air power 1919-1945 : a case study in military dysfunction /

PELVIN Richard

Japanese air power 1919-1945 : a case study in military dysfunction / Richard Pelvin - Canberra : Air Power Studies Centre, 1995 - 25 p. - Paper (Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Studies Centre) ; no. 31. .

This paper outlines the military culture in which the Japaneseair arms developed. Iy examines the course of the development of the air arms up to the outbreak of the Pacific War. It also analyses the conditions which enable them to perform in the early days of the war . the paper also describes their innate culture and how it led to their decline and ineffectuality.

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AIR POWER --JAPAN --HISTORY
WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 --AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE
SOCIOLOGY, MILITARY --JAPAN --HISTORY