The development of RAF strategic bombing doctrine 1919-1939 (Record no. 7387)
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International Standard Book Number | 0275949974 (hbk.) |
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | ROBERTSON Scot |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The development of RAF strategic bombing doctrine 1919-1939 |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Westport, Conn.: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Praeger, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1995 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 187p. |
440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
Title | Praeger studies in diplomacy and strategic thought |
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Summary, etc. | The history of strategic bombing is inextricably intertwined with the history of the Royal Air Force. This book explores the question of doctrinal development in the RAF. It employs a neo-Clausewitzian analysis to reveal that the RAF based the preparation of its strategic bombing force on supposition and hypothesis. Rather than review the evidence of the First World War objectively to determine the fundamental principles of strategic bombing, the RAF adopted a subjective approach. The failure to develop a realistic theory of strategic bombing and to test it through a dialectical process resulted in a lack of attention to the equally necessary element of doctrine. Bomber Command was incapable of carrying out a strategic bombing campaign because it failed in peace to develop the necessary doctrine. |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RAF |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 05/03/1998 | 2 | 358.420941 ROB | 0002602 | 03/08/2022 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |