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- catalog abstract "This biography of Maj Gen Haywood S. Hansell Jr. provides an in-depth look at the life and career of one of airpower's pioneer thinkers. General Hansell's professional life was devoted to the theory and practice of strategic airpower--the single most controversial military debate of the twentieth century. Hansell believed that wars could and should be won through precision bombing of military and industrial/commercial targets, a theory and practice that the United States Army Air Forces abandoned during World War II because of the dictates of existing technology, the demands of combat, and the fact that the passions of war swept away any moral concerns involving strategic bombing. Nevertheless, Hansell's main contribution to air doctrine was the concept that through selective targeting and an ability to place the bombs on those targets, airpower could win wars by crippling an enemy's ability to supply his forces and without causing wanton death and destruction. The author believes that the Persian Gulf War went a long way toward proving Hansell's theories to be correct.".
- catalog contributor b11646621.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index.".
- catalog description "This biography of Maj Gen Haywood S. Hansell Jr. provides an in-depth look at the life and career of one of airpower's pioneer thinkers. General Hansell's professional life was devoted to the theory and practice of strategic airpower--the single most controversial military debate of the twentieth century. Hansell believed that wars could and should be won through precision bombing of military and industrial/commercial targets, a theory and practice that the United States Army Air Forces abandoned during World War II because of the dictates of existing technology, the demands of combat, and the fact that the passions of war swept away any moral concerns involving strategic bombing. Nevertheless, Hansell's main contribution to air doctrine was the concept that through selective targeting and an ability to place the bombs on those targets, airpower could win wars by crippling an enemy's ability to supply his forces and without causing wanton death and destruction. The author believes that the Persian Gulf War went a long way toward proving Hansell's theories to be correct.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 226 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Quest".
- catalog identifier "1585660698".
- catalog isFormatOf "Quest".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press,".
- catalog relation "Quest".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "940.54/4973 21".
- catalog subject "Bombing, Aerial History.".
- catalog subject "D790 .G732 1999".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Hansell, Haywood S.".
- catalog subject "Strategy.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Air Forces Biography.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.".
- catalog title "The quest : Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II / Charles Griffith.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".