STEPHENS Alan <br/><br/>
RAAF policy, plans and doctrine 1946-1971 

 - Fairbairn, A.C.T. :  Air Power Studies Centre,   1995 
 - 41 p. ; 30 cm. 
 - Paper (Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Studies Centre) ; no. 29  .
<br/><br/>Following t.p.: "This paper is taken from "Going solo: the Royal Australian Air Force, 1946-1971", a major history written for the RAAF's 75th Anniversary celebrations in 1996" Includes bibliographical references and tables. 
<br/><br/> Examines the way in which the RAAF's strategic thinking responded to such as influences as the United Kingdom's withdrawal from east of Suez and the U.S. Guam doctrine, and Australia's growing sense of national independence during the quarter century between 1946 and 1971, the year which marked the RAAF's 50th anniversary and a turning point in Australian defence thinking. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0642225192 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>AUSTRALIA --ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE<br/>MILITARY PLANNING --HISTORY --20TH CENTURY --AUSTRALIA<br/>AIR DEFENSES --AUSTRALIA --HISTORY<br/>DEFENSE POLICIES (AUSTRALIA)<br/>MILITARY DOCTRINE