"A distinguished and provocative book that makes a major
contribution to the fields of air power history and German military
history."--Dennis Showalter, author of Tannenburg: Clash of
Empires"A first-rate, convincing, and impeccably researched account
of the forging of the Luftwaffe's operational doctrine that carried
it through the opening campaigns of the Second World War."--Richard
R. Muller, author of The German Air War in Russia"A great
achievement that impresses by the author's comprehensive grasp of
his subject.--Horst Boog, editor of The Conduct of the Air War in
the Second World War"Against the dogma that the Luftwaffe was
merely a 'tactical air force, ' Corum provides some powerful
arguments. His work is a necessary correction to the historical
record."--Klaus A. Maier, coauthor of the multivolume Germany and
the Second World War"The best account of the development of the
Luftwaffe's operational doctrine and theory to appear in any
language."--Edward L. Homze, author of Arming the Luftwaffe: The
Reich Air Ministry and the German Aircraft Industry"This lucid and
vigorously argued volume can be warmly recommended to everyone
interested in the history of air power in the first half of the
twentieth century."--Brian Bond, author of The Pursuit of Victory
and War and Society in Europe, 1870-1970
"Belongs on the shelf of every serious student of German air power
between the wars."--Journal of Military History"This superb work
marks Corum as one of the premier scholars of German military
history in the United States."--New York Military Affairs Symposium
Newsletter"Corum convincingly demolishes several myths, including
beliefs that the Luftwaffe had no ideas beyond the support of
ground forces and that its leadership in the Second World War
lacked deep professional grounding."--RUSI Journal"A new and
innovative explanation of why the Luftwaffe proved so formidable
against its British and French rivals. an impressive and
groundbreaking study."--History Reviews of New Books"An eye-opening
appraisal of Germany's air forces from the post-World War I era
through the early stages of World War II. Revisionist military
history of a high order."--Kirkus Reviews
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