Add this copy of Air Power in War; the Lees Knowles Lectures to cart. $65.00, good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Hodder and Stoughton.
Edition:
Presumed First Edition, First printing thus
Publisher:
Hodder and Stoughton
Published:
1947
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15163957312
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Seller's Description:
Good. 124 pages. Diagrams (three in color, two fold-outs, one two facing pages). Endpaper maps. Cover has some wear and soiling. Front board somewhat bowed. Pencil erasure residue on fep. This book comprises four lectures on "Air Power in War" which were delivered Field Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder as the Lees Knowles Lectures, at Cambridge University in 1947. Its form is generally the same as that in which the lectures were actually delivered, and it represents the author's personal views. An edition for Service use only and not for re-publication has been issued by the Stationery Office. Airpower or air power comprises the application of military strategy and strategic theory to the realm of aerial warfare. Airpower began with the advent of powered flight early in the 20th century. Airpower represents a "complex operating environment that has been subjected to considerable debate". Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890-3 June 1967) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer during the inter-war years. During the Second World War, Tedder directed air operations in the Mediterranean and North Africa, including Operation Crusader in North Africa. His bombing tactics became known as the "Tedder Carpet". Later Tedder was closely involved in the planning of the Allied invasion of Sicily and then the Allied invasion of Italy. When Operation Overlord came to be planned, Tedder was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force under General Eisenhower. After the war he served as Chief of the Air Staff, in which role he advocated increased recruiting, doubled the size of RAF Fighter Command and implemented arrangements for the Berlin Airlift.
