Air Warfare (eBook)

This accessible new textbook provides a thorough grounding in the vocabulary, concepts, issues and debates associated with air power and aerial conflict.

The book takes the complexity of air warfare and provides a clear, coherent understanding of the unique features of air warfare necessary for policymakers and students alike to follow the nuances of debates over the use of airpower in conflicts. Examining concepts of war and what is meant by air warfare and the air domain, the book is divided into three thematic sections, with the first looking at the 'Strategic Approach of Air Warfare', the second section examining 'The Ways and Means of Air Warfare', and the third 'The Future of Air Warfare'. It covers issues such as: airpower as a coercive political tool outside of conflict; aerial combat and the process of gaining air superiority; exploiting air superiority for strategic bombing, support of fielded forces, command and control, and intelligence gathering; issues for the future of air warfare.

This book will be essential reading for students of air power and air warfare, and highly recommended for students of strategic studies, military theory and defence studies.