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Air Force Officers Recommended Reading List

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10 propositions regarding air power
by Phillip S Meilinger
 
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A Few Great Captains - The Men and Events That Shaped the Development of U.S. Air Power
by DeWitt S. - The Air Force Historical Foundation Copp
 
3. Heart of the Storm: The Genesis of the Air Campaign Against Iraq
by Richard T. Reynolds
 
4. Hostile Skies: A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War I
by James J. Hudson
 
5. This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
by T.R. Fehrenbach
 
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Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times
by Donald T. Phillips
 
7. Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
by John Darrell Sherwood
 
8. The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
 
9. Thud Ridge: F-105 Thunderchief missions over Vietnam
by Jack Broughton
 
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Winged Shield, Winged Sword - A History of the United States Air Force - Two Volume Set
by ed Bernard C. Nalty
 
11. Winged Victory: The Army Air Forces in World War II
by Geoffrey Perret
 
12. Air Power: A Centennial Appraisal
by R. A. Mason
 
13. Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership
by David Spires
 
14. The First Air War: 1914-1918
by Lee Kennett
 
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General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War (USAF Warrior Studies)
by George C. Kenney
 
16. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age  
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Over Lord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power
by THOMAS ALEXANDER HUGHES
 
18. RISE OF THE FIGHTER GENERALS: The Problem of Air Force Leadership 1945-1982.  
19. STORM OVER IRAQ PB (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
by HALLION RP
 
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The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953
by Robert F. Futrell
 
21. The Air Campaign: Revised Ed.
by John A. Warden III
 
22. Airpower Against An Army: Challenge And Response In Centaf's Duel With The Republican Guard
by William F. Andrews
 
23. Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
by H. R. McMaster
 
24. The Heavens And the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age
by Walter A. McDougall
 
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Hoyt S. Vandenberg: The Life of a General
by Phillip S. Meilinger
 
26. Ideas and Weapons
by I. B. Holley
 
27. Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead
by James A. Belasco
 
28. Joint Air Operations: Pursuit of Unity in Command and Control, 1942-1991 (A Rand Research Study)
by James A. Winnefeld
 
29. On War (Oxford World's Classics)
by Carl von Clausewitz
 
30. The Sky on Fire: The First Battle of Britain, 1917-1918 (Smithsonian History of Aviation)
by Raymond H. Fredette
 
31. Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect
by U.S. Grant Sharp
 
32. Why the Allies Won
by R. J. Overy
 
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Created by blt on Mar 04, 2008.