Plotting a True Course

DAVID R. METS is Professor at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies.WILLIAM P. HEAD is Chief, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Office of History, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.

• Preface by William P. Head Introduction by David R. Mets Technology, Thought, Troops: General Carl A. Spaatz and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age by David R. Mets War from above the Clouds: B-52 Operations during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine by William P. Head Strategic Attack in the Gulf War by Col. P. Mason Carpenter Kosovo: An Initial Analysis by William P. Head Should Deterrence Fail: Strategic Attack Theory and Planning in the Nuclear Era by Lt. Col. Mark J. Conversino Conculusion: Strategic Bombing and Airpower Doctrine and Theory-Then and Now, Some Final Thoughts by William P. Head Glossary of Terms Bibliography Index