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2023-2024 CGC Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MLTH 507 - The History of Airpower

Credit Hours: 3

An examination of the development of manned flight and the emergence of air power in military history in the 20th century to the present. Air power theorists and practitioners such as Douhet, Mitchell, Trenchard, de Seversky, Harris, LeMay, and Warden are examined, as well as technological developments in aeronautical engineering and its effects on both the doctrine and application of air power. The course also examines the possibilities and limits of air power and its offensive, defensive, and deterrent capabilities in national strategy.