TY - BOOK AU - GOODERSON Ian TI - Air power at the battlefront: allied close support in Europe 1943-45 SN - 0714642118 (pbk.) PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Cass KW - AIR OPERATIONS KW - SECOND WORLD WAR KW - TACTICS N2 - Focuses on the tactical use of air power by British and American forces during the campaigns in Italy and Northwest Europe in 1943-45. In particular he addresses the question of whether battlefield close support was a more effective use of resources than attacks on interdiction targets, such as supply facilities, behind enemylines ER -