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1119619424.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2021__1119619424Blackwell Pub 2021. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.60x6.69x0.43 inches. Blackwell Pub hardcover
200687360Lexington KY: The University Press of Kentucky 2006. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 382 pages. Illustrations. List of Contributors Index. Robin David Stewart Higham June 20 1925 - August 27 2015 was a British-American historian specializing in aerospace and military history who also served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Higham received a Ph.D. in 1957 from Harvard with a dissertation on the development of aviation in Great Britain. For the next six years until 1963 he was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina where he was co-founder of the National Security Seminar of Duke University and. University of North Carolina. In 1963 he became a professor at Kansas State University. He became professor emeritus there in 1999. Though he described himself as a "historical generalist" in a 1998 interview Higham's primary publications were on the subject of aeronautics especially military-scientific aspects. He did however also write extensively on geopolitics in general. In 1977 he founded Sunflower University Press which existed until 2005 and published books on military science and military history. He was editor of Military Affairs now The Journal of Military History from 1968 to 1988 and of Aerospace Historian from 1970 to 1988. He was also the editor of the Journal of the West beginning in 1976. Stephen J. Harris is the chief historian for the Directorate of History and Heritage at the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa Canada. He coauthored The Crucible of War: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force. According to Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris "Flight has been part of the human dream for aeons and its military application has likely been the dark side of that dream for almost as long." In the twentieth century this dream and its dark side unfolded as the air forces of the world went to war bringing destruction and reassessment with each failure. Why Air Forces Fail examines the complex often deep-seated reasons for the catastrophic failures of the air forces of various nations. Higham and Harris divide the air forces into three categories of defeat: forces that never had a chance to win such as Poland and France; forces that started out victorious but were ultimately defeated such as Germany and Japan; and finally those that were defeated in their early efforts yet rose to victory such as the air forces of Britain and the United States. The contributing authors examine the complex causes of defeats of the Russian Polish French Arab British Italian German Argentine and American air services. In all cases the failures stemmed from deep usually prewar factors that were shaped by the political economic military and social circumstances in the countries. Defeat also stemmed from the anticipation of future wars early wartime actions and the precarious relationship between the doctrine of the military leadership and its execution in the field. Anthony Christopher Cain's chapter on France's air force l'Armée de l'Air attributes France's loss to Germany in June 1940 to a lack of preparation and investment in the air force. One major problem was the failure to centralize planning or coordinate a strategy between land and air forces which was compounded by aborted alliances between France and countries in eastern Europe especially Poland and Czechoslovakia. In addition the lack of incentives for design innovation in air technologies led to clashes between airplane manufacturers laborers and the government a struggle that resulted in France's airplanes' being outnumbered by Germany's more than three to one by 1940. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research Why Air Forces Fail provides groundbreaking studies of the causes of air force defeats. The University Press of Kentucky hardcover
2006Q-0813123747University Press of Kentucky 2006-02-17. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University Press of Kentucky hardcover
2006329409Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky 2006. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 416 pages. University Press of Kentucky hardcover
B9780813167510Paperback / softback. New. Here eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. paperback
A9780813167510Paperback / softback. New. Here eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. paperback
2000Q-0439098564Cartwheel 2000-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cartwheel paperback
2000G0613275616I3N00Bt Bound 2000. Unknown. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Bt Bound unknown
0340855126.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
100-17298Scholastic Book Services. Paperback. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Scholastic Book Services paperback
1872292038.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1999Q-0006385788HarperCollins Publishers 1999-04-19. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers paperback
2002Q-1401900127Hay House 2002-09-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hay House paperback
0715366262.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
20169780448484235-2025Penguin Workshop 2016. Paperback. New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Robin H. Waterfield</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Penguin Workshop</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Paperback</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780448484235</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 2016</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 112</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Alexander the Great conquers the New York Timesbest-selling Who Was. series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father the great king of Macedon wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This of course was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in.</p> Penguin Workshop paperback
1994Q-0590273825Scholastic 1994-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Scholastic paperback
2010Q-1416985107Beach Lane Books 2010-06-08. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Beach Lane Books hardcover
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, a few scattered individual fox-marks; original plain boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly soiled and chipped at extremities. First Issue, with the wrappers glued to backstrip rather than boards. With the errata slip pasted to p.26. Fifoot, OA5.
20002092902141104548Yu Agency 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Yu Agency paperback
1989Q-0862411602Canongate Books Ltd 1989-07-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Canongate Books Ltd hardcover
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1637462719.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
193333939X.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
2006Q-0972860398The Well-Trained Mind Press 2006-04-25. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The Well-Trained Mind Press paperback
