Transformation of American Air Power: Innovation and the Modern Military

by Benjamin S. Lambeth

Book Overview

Since the unprecedentedly effective performance of the allied air campaign against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, the role of American air power in future wars has become a topic of often heated public debate. In this balanced appraisal of air power's newly realized strengths in joint warfare, Benjamin Lambeth, a defense analyst and civilian pilot who has flown in most of the equipment described in this book, explores the extent to which the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801438160
• ISBN13: 9780801438165
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Brilliant analysis--well researched and well written

Ben Lambeth has written a brilliant and much needed analysis of the transition of airpower in the past two decades. This book ranks with John Warden's, The Air Campaign, as two of the best books on airpower to have been written since World War II. Lambeth, who has worked for Rand for many years, has flown many of the world's best combat aircraft but even better, he has great sources and a discerning mind. Also, he gives a candid look at what the future holds.