To Command the Sky: The Battle for Air Superiority Over Germany, 1942-1944

by Stephen L. McFarland, Wesley Phillips Newton

Overview

To Command the Sky is a scholarly record of the fight for domination of the skies over western Europe during World War II. It also explains the technical details of the tactics used to defeat the Luftwaffe. This book is important for serious students of World War II or military aviation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817353469
Publisher:	University of Alabama Press
Publication date:	03/06/2006
Series:	Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Ser.
Edition description:	First Edition, First Edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

A thoroughly documented, exuberantly written, objective, scholarly record of the costly but essential fight for domination of the skies over western Europe during World War II. Authors McFarland and Newton are historians thoroughly familiar with the documents . . . and they mined these valuable collections to write this superior book. They also understand the fundamentals of modern air combat operations. This book does a better job than any other I have examined of exploring the personalities who were charged with the responsibility for making the strategic bombing doctrine effective. McFarland and Newton also master the technical details of the tactics used to defeat the Luftwaffe. . . . To  Command the Sky is an indispensable addition to the bookshelf of any serious student of World War II or military aviation.” — Alan L. Gropman, The Journal of American History

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