The Strategy And Tactics Of Air Fighting By Major Oliver Stewart – 1925

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A detailed guide to airborne warfare from the 1920s. This is the first book in which an attempt has been made to sift the evidence of the more successful air fighters and to deduce from it definite strategical and tactical methods and as far as can be ascertained, no book has yet been published which attempts to deal analytically and exhaustively with the strategy and tactics of air fighting. Winged Warfare, by Major W. A. Bishop, V.C.; Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, by CaptainMcCudden, V.C.; The Red Air Fighter, by Baron Von Richthofen; and Mes Combats, by Capitaine Rene Fonck, do give a certain insight into air strategy and tactics, but their main purpose (which they admirably fulfil) is to provide an interesting story and not to present information for the reader

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Pre-owned. It would be a waste of time in such books to probe deeply the secrets of successful air fighting. Analysis of the new forms of tactics andstrategy would be inappropriate when introduced in books such as these, moreover it is very doubtful if the supremely successful air fighters could give in detail the reasons for their manoeuvres in battle. It is proverbial that the brilliant musician often makes a poor teacher. He can play, but he cannot analyse exactly how he plays; or, having made theanalysis, he does not give a lucid exposition of it to his pupils. Besides there are many different opinions upon the details of air strategy and tactics, and the expert is apt to give undue prominence to his own views while neglecting the good points in the views of others. I think that this is the first book in which an attempt has been made to sift the evidence of the more successful air fighters and to deduce from it definite strategical and tactical methods. R.A.F. Training Manual mentions a few of the more obvious tactical manoeuvres but what information it gives is mostly vague and often inaccurate. I have attempted to avoid as much as possible introducing personal opinions upon airfighting, and to present only a system based upon the work of the most successfulfighters, such as Guynemer and McCudden. When I have noted individual peculiarities in one man’s methods, I have mentioned them parenthetically; but generally the information from totally different sources fits together accurately and leaves no doubt in my mind that all successful air fighting is based upon the same principles.Green cloth cover – no dust jacket. Book is good condition with some slight bumping of corners and some sun bleaching of spine. General light scuffing and shelf wear, slight foxing and deckle edging. Spine cracked between some pages but hinges firm and intact. Hardcover Published by Longmans Green and Co 1925

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Weight 0.331 kg