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On air defense

By:

CRABTREE James D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The military professionPublication details: Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994Description: 221pISBN:

0275949397 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

HISTORY OF AIR DEFENSE

Summary: This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic missiles. Crabtree's history focuses on the development of tactics and technology from the Franco-Prussian War to the present. The strategic air defense of World War I and World War II are featured, as are the development of surface-to-air missiles by Germany in World War II and by the United States and the USSR in Vietnam and the Middle East.

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Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	358.4145 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0002599
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	358.4145 CRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0002597

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This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic missiles. Crabtree's history focuses on the development of tactics and technology from the Franco-Prussian War to the present. The strategic air defense of World War I and World War II are featured, as are the development of surface-to-air missiles by Germany in World War II and by the United States and the USSR in Vietnam and the Middle East.

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