TY - BOOK AU - STEPHENS Alan TI - RAAF policy, plans and doctrine 1946-1971 SN - 0642225192 (pbk.) PY - 1995/// CY - Fairbairn, A.C.T. PB - Air Power Studies Centre, KW - AUSTRALIA KW - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE KW - MILITARY PLANNING KW - HISTORY KW - 20TH CENTURY KW - AIR DEFENSES KW - DEFENSE POLICIES (AUSTRALIA) KW - MILITARY DOCTRINE N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/publications/Details/86/RAAF-Policy-Plans-and-Doctrine-1946-1971.aspx?p=print ER -