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Thoughts on War By Phillip S. Meilinger
A fresh, controversial perspective on time-honoured military values. War is changing. Unlike when modern military doctrine was forged, the United States no longer mobilises massive land forces for direct political gain. Instead, the US fights small, overseas wars by global mandate to overthrow dictators, destroy terrorist groups, and broker regional peace. In Thoughts on War, Phillip S. Meilinger confronts the shortcomings of US military dogma in search of a new strategic doctrine.
University Press of Kentucky • 9780813178899 • Hardback • 1 map, 6 figures 229 x 152mm • 312 pages • January 2020 • £45.00
Desert Redleg Artillery Warfare in the First Gulf War By L. Scott Lingamfelter Series: American Warriors Series
A boots-on-the-ground perspective on the largest US artillery bombardment since World War II. When Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, a coalition of thirty-five countries led by the United States responded with Operation Desert Storm. This book recounts the logistical and strategic decisions that led to a coalition victory. Drawing on original battle maps, official reports, and personal journals, it describes the experience of the First Gulf War through a soldier’s eyes and attempts to answer the question of whether the United States “got the job done” in its first sustained Middle Eastern conflict. University Press of Kentucky • 9780813179209 • Hardback • 30 b/w illus., 17 maps, 3 charts • 229 x 152mm • 344 pages • April 2020 • £25.00
Lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School and American Strategic Bombing in World War II Edited by Phil Haun Series: Aviation & Air Power
Nine lecture transcripts from the Air Force archives. Nine Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) lecture transcripts present a distinctive American strategy of high-altitude daylight precision bombing as told through lectures given at the ACTS during the interwar period and how these airmen put the theory to the test. The book examines the Air Corps theory of HADPB as compared to the reality of combat in World War II by relying on recent, revisionist histories with a deeper understanding of the impact of strategic bombing on Germany. University Press of Kentucky • 9780813179247 • Paperback • 24 b/w illus., 2 maps, 2 charts, 27 tables • 229 x 152mm • 320 pages • April 2020 • £22.50
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