About the Author

James S. Corum is a professor at the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies where he teaches the course on Airpower and Small Wars. As an Army Reserve officer he is also on the faculty at the Army War College. He is the author of The Luftwaffc Creating the Operational Air War, 1918-1940 and The Roots of Bitzkrieg (see page 44). Wray R. Johnson is a retired USAF colonel whose career field was special operations. He taught at the U.S. Air Force School of Advanced Airpower Studies and is currently a professor at Marine Corps University. He is the author of Vietnam and American Doctrine for Small Wars.

Reviews

An extraordinarily timely and illuminating work. With the United States embroiled in a new era of quasi-imperial small wars, Corum and Johnson make a major contribution to our understanding of what airpower can and cannot do in such conflicts. Andrew J. Bacevich, author of American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy; ""A superb study that should be essential reading for anyone interested in the Cold War, counterinsurgency, or air power."" Jonathan M. House, author of Combined Arms Warfare in the Twentieth Century; ""A masterful survey of the use of airpower in unconventional warfare that has a great deal of relevance for today."" Brian M. Linn, author of the Philippine War, 1899-1902