Military Air Power

This is a book of quotations and comments about air power, war, and military matters.

But it would be a great mistake to simply read the quotes and take them literally. Each selection presents a picture that you can look at again and again. Taken together, different views of the same subject matter are like a drafter’s plans: they can make either an interesting multiple-view description of the subject or a puzzle.

Even a hundred books couldn’t give a complete picture of air power and war. What this book attempts to do is present a mosaic-a big, grainy picture of military air power that gains value as you step back from it and achieve perspective. And like a mosaic, this picture fills in only as you fit each piece with the others.

Readers who are just embarking on a serious study of the military profession will find food for thought here; the more advanced student should find a feast. You are invited to read, reflect, enjoy, and appreciate, so you may apply your understanding when called to do so.

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