Author: A. Rashid Shaikh
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Pakistan Air Force has a long history of professional excellence. This volume recounts the story of the Pakistan Air Force between 1988 and 1998. Topics covered include the PAF involvement in the Afghan war and the impact of the Pressler restrictions.
The Story of the Pakistan Air Force, 1988-1998
Author: A. Rashid Shaikh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Pakistan Air Force has a long history of professional excellence. This volume recounts the story of the Pakistan Air Force between 1988 and 1998. Topics covered include the PAF involvement in the Afghan war and the impact of the Pressler restrictions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Pakistan Air Force has a long history of professional excellence. This volume recounts the story of the Pakistan Air Force between 1988 and 1998. Topics covered include the PAF involvement in the Afghan war and the impact of the Pressler restrictions.
The Story of the Pakistan Air Force
Author:
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 717
Book Description
History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982
Author: Syed Shabbir Hussain
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Story of the Pakistan Air Force
Author: Midland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780933424517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN: 9780933424517
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
One Hundred Years of Air Power and Aviation
Author: Robin Higham
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In this precise, interpretive and informative volume, Higham looks at everything from the roots of strategic bombing and tactical air power to the lessons learned and unlearned during the invasion of Ethiopia, the war in China and the Spanish Civil War. He also considers the problems posed by jet aircraft in Korea and the use of Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf. He covers anti-guerrilla operations, doctrine, industrial activities and equipment, as well as the development of commercial airlines.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In this precise, interpretive and informative volume, Higham looks at everything from the roots of strategic bombing and tactical air power to the lessons learned and unlearned during the invasion of Ethiopia, the war in China and the Spanish Civil War. He also considers the problems posed by jet aircraft in Korea and the use of Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf. He covers anti-guerrilla operations, doctrine, industrial activities and equipment, as well as the development of commercial airlines.
The Armed Forces of Pakistan
Author: Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814716335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book describes the nature of Pakistan's defense capabilities and the forces that shape them in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814716335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book describes the nature of Pakistan's defense capabilities and the forces that shape them in the twenty-first century.
Fiza'ya
Author: Pushpindar Singh
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream
Author: M. V. Ramana
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125024774
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In This Book Some Of South Asia S Best Minds Address Questions On The Political, Scientific, Strategic, Economic And Environmental Aspects Of India S Decision To Proceed With The Nuclear Weapons Programme. The Contributors Include Kanti Bajpai, Admiral L. Ramdas, Amartya Sen, Amulya Reddy And Jean Dreze. While Much Has Been Said In India, In Defense Of The Nuclear Tests Of 1998, There Is Also A Strong Body Of Opinion Which Questions India S Decision To Become A Nuclear Weapon State. The Essays In This Book Are Representative Of This Critique. They Have Been Written For The General Reader Concerned About The Important Issue Of The Production Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction In South Asia.
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
ISBN: 9788125024774
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In This Book Some Of South Asia S Best Minds Address Questions On The Political, Scientific, Strategic, Economic And Environmental Aspects Of India S Decision To Proceed With The Nuclear Weapons Programme. The Contributors Include Kanti Bajpai, Admiral L. Ramdas, Amartya Sen, Amulya Reddy And Jean Dreze. While Much Has Been Said In India, In Defense Of The Nuclear Tests Of 1998, There Is Also A Strong Body Of Opinion Which Questions India S Decision To Become A Nuclear Weapon State. The Essays In This Book Are Representative Of This Critique. They Have Been Written For The General Reader Concerned About The Important Issue Of The Production Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction In South Asia.
The Pakistan Air Force, 1998-2008
Author: Alan Warnes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pakistan
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Why Air Forces Fail
Author: Robin Higham
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813167612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Includes two new chapters! “One of the more interesting and better books on military aviation to appear in the last few years.”—Journal of Military History Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower’s role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Together, the contributors examine the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, this seminal study with two new chapters provides an essential and detailed analysis of defeat. “Contains many interesting insights and interpretations . . . an excellent introduction to the study of military failure in general and air forces in particular.”—Journal of America’s Military Past “I recommend this book to those who are interested in air forces and air power, whether amateur or professional, past, present and future.”—Richard Cobbold, Bryanston: The Yearbook “Provides an excellent analysis of the root causes of failure; this engaging study goes far beyond the aerial battlefield to examine the circumstances leading to defeat.”—Dennis Drew, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813167612
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Includes two new chapters! “One of the more interesting and better books on military aviation to appear in the last few years.”—Journal of Military History Since the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower’s role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add essential new details to their cautionary tale for current practitioners of aerial warfare. Together, the contributors examine the complex, often deep-seated, reasons for the catastrophic failures of the Russian, Polish, French, British, Italian, German, Argentine, and American air services. Complemented by reading lists and suggestions for further research, this seminal study with two new chapters provides an essential and detailed analysis of defeat. “Contains many interesting insights and interpretations . . . an excellent introduction to the study of military failure in general and air forces in particular.”—Journal of America’s Military Past “I recommend this book to those who are interested in air forces and air power, whether amateur or professional, past, present and future.”—Richard Cobbold, Bryanston: The Yearbook “Provides an excellent analysis of the root causes of failure; this engaging study goes far beyond the aerial battlefield to examine the circumstances leading to defeat.”—Dennis Drew, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)