“The Italian General Giulio Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth
century’s foremost strategic air power theorists. Along with
William ‘Billy’ Mitchell, Douhet understood that the technological
advances in weaponry made during World War I were not fully
utilized by Allied commanders. Douhet thus spent the decade after
the war constructing a theory that would facilitate the strategic
use of what he conceived to be the biggest technological
breakthrough of all, the airplane. As such scholars as Raymond
Flugel have pointed out, Douhet’s theories were crucial at a
pivotal pre-World War II Army Air Force institution, the AirCorps
Tactical School.” — Michael J. Eula, Air University Review
“Giulio Douhet’s The Command of the Air is a military classic. It
was the first detailed analysis of the offensive and defensive
employment of the air weapon. Published in 1921, The Command of the
Air asserted the decisiveness of strategic bombardment before Billy
Mitchell and other air leaders had given that subject any detailed
thought. The 1927 edition . . . contains Douhet’s fully developed
thesis on how to use the air weapon to achieve victory.
Subsequently translated into English, French, German, and Russian,
it stimulated the thinking of aviators in various countries prior
to World War II.” — Col. John F. Shiner, Air University Review
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