A compilation of documents containing original unedited statements made by German officers and officials relating their estimates of the impact of air power on the German war machine.
Topics in this World War Two review include: the invasion of Italy; the Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force (trends of activity); the Balkan Theater (Greece and Yugoslavia); operations in the Aegean; R.A.F. educational service (activities in...
Morale building in the A.A.F. (under past methods) has not been successful. Where good morale has existed, it has been more the result of instinctive good thinking on the part of commanders than of a scientific approach to the question. A new...
The problem addressed in this thesis is to determine the short range air defense (SHORAD) requirement of the armored cavalry regiment (ACR) against low altitude air attack. Based upon an analysis of recent Mideast wars, unrestricted, modern aerial...
This monograph analyzes America's ability to maintain its global hegemony and perpetuate freedom from general conventional war. The theories of Geoffrey Blainey and Donald Kagan are used to explain the causes of war and the causes of peace. General...
This field service manual on mounted infantry describes the war establishment (personnel/horses and regimental transport), field kits (officers and privates), machine-guns and carriages, wagon equipment (S.A.A. wagon- with limber- and G.S. wagon),...
Several scholarly discussions have been held and numerous studies conducted on the subject of counterinsurgency warfare but only a little emphasis has been made on studying the relationship between negotiations and the growth of insurgents. For...
Historical Section, Headquarters, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
A series of brief studies covering the history and the principal tasks of air power in the Mediterranean by the MAAF and the accomplishment of each task.
This narrative comprises Part II of the history of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. It covers the eight months from September 1, 1944 until the end of the European war on 8 May 1945. Continued from Part I, chapters 12-18 include military...
This narrative comprises Part I of the history of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces covering from December 10, 1943 until September 1, 1944. Chapters 1 through 11 include the origin, structure and organization of MAAF, and operations narrative of...
This narrative comprises Part III of the history of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. It covers the five months from May 9, 1945 at the end of the European war up to October 15, 1945. Continued from Part II, chapters 19-24 cover redeployment,...