Ideas, concepts, doctrine : basic thinking in the United States Air Force / by Robert Frank Futrell.
| Author/creator | Futrell, Robert Frank |
| Other author | Air University (U.S.). Press. |
| Other author | United States. Department of the Air Force. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1989. |
| Description | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Basic thinking in the United States Air Force |
| Contents | V. 1: 1907-1960 -- v. 2: 1961-1984. |
| Abstract | In this first of a two-volume study, Dr. Futrell presents a chronological survey of the development of Air Force doctrine and thinking from the beginnings of powered flight to the onset of the space age. He outlines the struggle of early aviation enthusiasts to gain acceptance of the airplane as a weapon and win combat-arm status for the Army Air Service (later the Army Air Corps and Army Air Force). He surveys the development of airpower doctrine during the 1930s and World War II and outlines the emergence of the autonomous US Air Force in the postwar period. Futrell brings this first volume to a close with discussions of the changes in Air Force thinking and doctrine necessitated by the emergence of the intercontinental missile, the beginnings of space exploration and weapon systems, and the growing threat of limited conflicts resulting from the Communist challenge of wars of liberation. In volume two, the author traces the new directions that Air Force strategy, policies, and thinking took during the Kennedy administration, the Vietnam War, and the post-Vietnam period. Futrell outlines how the Air Force struggled with President Kennedy's redefinition of national security policy and Robert S. McNamara's managerial style as secretary of defense. He describes how the Air Force argued that airpower should be used during the war in Southeast Asia. He chronicles the evolution of doctrine and organization regarding strategic, tactical, and airlift capabilities and the impact that the aerospace environment and technology had on Air Force thinking and doctrine. |
| General note | Shipping list nos.: 1990-0094-P (vol. 1) and 1990-0155-P (vol. 2). |
| General note | "December 1989." |
| General note | "Vol. 1 originally published: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University, 1971." |
| General note | GPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Futrell, Robert Frank. Ideas, concepts, doctrine. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1989 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 89000165 |
| GPO item number | 0422-K |
| Govt. docs number | D 301.26/6:ID 2/V.1-2 |
| Govt. docs number | D 301.26/6:ID 2/ |
| Stock number | 008-070-00637-5 (v. 1) GPO |
| Stock number | 008-070-00638-3 (v. 2) GPO |