{"title":"U.S. Air Force — Books \u0026 Reference","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fighting-from-above-a-combat-history-of-the-us-air-force-volume-1-paperback","title":"Fighting from Above: A Combat History of the US Air Force Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian D. Laslie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the United States Air Force (USAF) stretches back to aerial operations prior to the First World War--well before the USAF became a separate service--and looks forward to a new era of airpower in space. \u003ci\u003eFighting from Above\u003c\/i\u003e presents a concise account of this expansive history, offering a new perspective on how the air forces of the United States created an independent way of warfare over time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the earliest battles of the USAF's predecessor organizations to its modern incarnation, Brian D. Laslie identifies four distinct and observable ways of war that developed over four distinct epochs. Beginning with the development of early air power (1906-1941), he highlights the creation of roles and missions, with bombardment theory and practice ascendant. An era of strategic dominance (1942-1975) followed in which the ideas of strategic bombardment ruled the air force; when such notions were unceremoniously proven false during the Vietnam-era conflicts, a period of tactical ascendancy (1975-2019) began. Finally, Laslie considers the current environment, where much of the story of the USAF remains unwritten as it grapples with the prospects and challenges posed by drones and the U.S. Space Force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While detailing combat operations, \u003ci\u003eFighting from Above\u003c\/i\u003e also pays close attention to technology, politics, rivalries, logistics, policy, organization, equipping, and training. 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Homan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJared Frederick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the last great memoirs of World War II, \u003ci\u003eInto the Cold Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting account of the air war over Europe, when hell was four miles above the earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator over Nazi Germany, raining death and destruction on the enemy. 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