CARL A SPAATZ & AIR WAR (SMITHSONIAN HISTORY OF AVIATION AND SPACEFLIGHT SERIES)

Clothbound book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: very good. Dust jacket showing B17s engaging with Messerschmidts protected in mylar sleeve, but with a little wear at edges front and bottom of spine; blue cloth boards near fine with silver titles at spine; sewn binding sound; pages, photographs, and illustrations near fine (a couple of uncut pages). 808 pages; 9.8 X 7 X 2.3; 4 lbs. 6 oz. shipping weight. This volume is a study of Allied aerial strategy in Europe during World War II as devised by American General Carl A. Spaatz (1891-1974). Spaatz's strategy stressed the bombardment of Axis oil supplies as well as industrial plant in an effort to bring the German economy and war making powers to a halt. Author Davis published large portions of this work as a doctoral dissertation for George Washington University.