TY - BOOK AU - PELVIN Richard TI - Japanese air power 1919-1945: a case study in military dysfunction SN - 0642227705 SN - 70692037 PY - 1995/// CY - Canberra PB - Air Power Studies Centre, KW - AIR POWER KW - JAPAN KW - HISTORY KW - WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 KW - AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE KW - SOCIOLOGY, MILITARY N2 - 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 UR - http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/publications/Details/88/Japanese-Air-Power-19191945---A-Case-Study-in-Military-Dysfunction.aspx ER -