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Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center Cataloging Data Military airpower : a revised digest of airpower opinions and thoughts / compiled by Charles M. Westenhoff. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-58566-163-5 1. Air power—Quotations, maxims, etc. 2. Air warfare— Quotations, maxims, etc. 3. Military art and science— Quotations, maxims, etc. I. Westenhoff, Charles M. 358.4—dc22 Disclaimer Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. All photographs are courtesy of the US Government. Air University Press 131 West Shumacher Avenue Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-5962 http://aupress.maxwell.af.mil ii
Contents iii Page DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . xi INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 OUTCOMES AND ARGUMENTS . . . . . . 97 TECHNOLOGY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 PRINCIPLES OF WAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 COMMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 DOCTRINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 TWENTY GOOD BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . 247 SOURCE INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 TOPICAL INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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Page 18 and 19: Introduction About Brevity It would
Page 20 and 21: Introduction Assumptions A modern,
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Airpower is unable to keep his defe
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Airpower It is not so much the exis
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Airpower Air superiority is not the
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Airpower forced throughout the batt
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Airpower The primary objective of A
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Airpower Utilization of the Anglo-A
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Airpower defensively—in the face
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Airpower Airpower has become predom
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Airpower is the speed alone that su
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War
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War War is part of the intercourse
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War Nobody dislikes war more than w
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War tute of the necessary firm pivo
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War more like State policy, which,
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War Time and Space Time is necessar
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War Never interrupt your enemy when
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War Effects But there is another wa
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War Only by a careful analysis—by
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War Strategy Strategy is the employ
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War destroy it . To subdue the enem
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War In war the victorious strategis
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War threat to world peace . Prevent
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War Irregular Warfare By exacting a
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War Lessons from raF Operations in
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War Friction, War’s resistant Med
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War Oils for the Friction of War No
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War would be an enormous error . Th
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War circumstances the greatest is r
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War
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Outcomes and Arguments
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Outcomes and Arguments I don’t al
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Outcomes and Arguments sive air ope
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Outcomes and Arguments directly und
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Outcomes and Arguments Evidence fro
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Outcomes and Arguments Operation de
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Outcomes and Arguments early and la
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Outcomes and Arguments ing, on the
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Outcomes and Arguments litical resu
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Outcomes and Arguments Operation en
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Outcomes and Arguments This is mode
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Outcomes and Arguments Since they w
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Outcomes and Arguments enemy forces
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Outcomes and Arguments We never rea
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Technology
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Technology ence and technology in o
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Technology participated in deriving
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Technology believed that such advan
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Technology In the realm of [intelli
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Technology these attempts does not
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Technology detachments” and findi
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Technology tion deterrence capabili
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Technology The emergence of Stealth
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Technology Because of his work duri
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Technology Precision The precision
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Technology As weapons increase in l
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Technology for more than 300 hours
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Technology sors, munitions, and ele
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Technology Technology and numbers W
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Technology Reactions to Technology
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Technology bother to try . What the
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Principles of War
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Principles of War does .not .illust
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Principles of War It .should .be .r
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Principles of War The . mission . o
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Principles of War Unity of command
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Principles of War offensive, initia
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Principles of War An .air .force .c
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Principles of War Limits of the Off
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Principles of War the .other .hand,
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Principles of War In .peace .it .is
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Principles of War The . principles
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Principles of War economy of force
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Principles of War the .needs .of .t
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Principles of War mally .requires .
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Principles of War Few .orders .are
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Principles of War twenty-four . bom
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Principles of War By .rapidity .man
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Principles of War I . don’t . kno
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Principles of War Be .nice .to .you
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Principles of War Three British Pri
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Principles of War
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Command
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Command With equal or inferior powe
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Command there sufficiently fruitful
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Command In battle nothing is ever a
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Command ment, the lack of food, the
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Command The commander should practi
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Command advice Never tell people ho
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Command The Commander and the Staff
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Command administration and Combat S
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Command Information management The
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Command Command arrangements It is
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Command We must not allow Centraliz
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Command 3 . COMMAND OF AIR POWER .-
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Doctrine
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Doctrine The .way .we .teach .aroun
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Doctrine Example .is .not .the .mai
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Doctrine change and resistance Atte
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Doctrine A .new .idea .must .have .
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Doctrine which .surrounded .me .and
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Doctrine ifs . of . history . say .
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Doctrine It .was .not .appreciated,
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Doctrine which .we .were .unprepare
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Doctrine joint, .it’s .going .too
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Twenty Good Books Futrell, Robert F
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Twenty Good Books
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Burke, Arleigh, 219 Burt, Richard,
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Hallion, Richard P., 12, 109, 134,
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Odom, Thomas P., 104 Olds, Robin, 9
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Vandenberg, Hoyt S., 5, 15 Vauthier
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