Some Notes on the Evolution of Air Doctrine

Abstract

Military strategy is of all the human sciences at once the most ancient and the least developed. It could hardly be otherwise. Its votaries must be men of decision and action rather than of theory. Victory is the payoff, and is regarded as the most telling confirmation of correct judgment. There is no other science where judgments are tested in blood and answered in the servitude of the defeated, where the supreme authority is the leader who has won or can instill confidence that he will win.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1954
Accession Number
AD0604325

Entities

People

  • Bernard Brodie

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fusion Weapons
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Strategic Bombing
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.