Australian perspectives on global air and space power : past, present, future /: past, present, future. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nicole Townsend, Kus Pandey, Jarrod Pendlebury.
• Editors: Townsend, Nicole; Pandey, Kus; Pendlebury, Jarrod
• Contents: Introduction: An Australian Perspective on Air and Space Power Nicole Townsend Part One: Historical Perspectives 1. Military Aviation in the British Dominions before the First World War Dr Michael Molkentin 2. The Australian Prisoner of War Experience in Stalag Luft III, 1942–45 Dr Kristen Alexander 3. Sir James Rowland and the Changing Strategic Use of Air Power in Australia, 1942–1979 Dr Peter Yule and Nicole Townsend 4. Australian Air Power Strategy, Technologies, and Counter-insurgency in Malaya during the Cold War Dr Peter Hunter Part Two: Identity and Culture 5. The Importance of Asking Why the Royal Australian Air Force Exists Air Commodore Jason Begley and Wing Commander Travis Hallen 6. Identity as a Gatekeeper in Western Air Forces Dr Jarrod Pendlebury 7. The RAAF and the Tyranny of Training Professor Tom Frame Part Three: Technology and Air Power 8. Human, Organisational, and Technological Lessons from Air Power and Joint Operations in Major Conflict Dr Charles Vandepeer 9. The Privatisation of Air Power Dr Peter Layton 10. Hypersonic Propulsion as an Air Power Disruption or Disturbance Squadron Leader Michael Spencer 11. Military Culture and Resistance to Technical Innovation Air Commodore Matt Hegarty, CSC 12. Rubbery Assumptions: Anti-G Suits and Air Power in the Second World War Peter Hobbins Part Four: Air and Space Power in the 21st Century 13. Ethics, Strategy, and Australian Air Power in the 21st Century Dr Deane-Peter Baker 14. Manoeuvre in the 21st Century Group Captain Jo Brick 15. An Overview of Australian Space Power, from Desert Rockets to New Beginnings Amy Hestermann-Crane Part Five: Future Directions 16. Can the ADF become the Most Uncrewed and Autonomy-enabled Defence Force in the World? Wing Commander Keirin Joyce, CSC 17. Space Power and the Vulnerabilities of Satellites Flying Officer James-Andre Galam 18. Considering the Effects of Disruptive Technologies on Air and Space Power Lieutenant Chris Wooding Conclusion Dr Jarrod Pendlebury
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 358.4030994; Air power -- Australia; Air power; Space control (Military science); Space warfare
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000844801; 9781000844795
• Related ISBNs: 9781032137407
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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