RAF. In this structure, the authors provide an even-handed narrative spanning the service’s history that is crisply written, concise yet comprehensive, and well-articulated. One of the refreshing elements of the book is how it addresses the building and managing of an air fleet. As airpower is more than just planes and pilots, this work addresses those elements equally important to the development of an air force and external factors that affect its growth. While only 250 pages, the book covers much, but does it with wellstructured prose, and an excellent chronological organization. While a lesser historian would spend most of the treatise addressing the battle of Britain, RAF Bomber Command, and the air battle over the Somme, Buckley and Beaver provide an excellent account of the history of the service and how it fit into the United Kingdom’s national defence policies and objectives during times of peace and war. This is a work for the serious student of military history and is a must for the aviation academic. Buckley has yet again proven his mettle as an aviation historian as this book will become required reading as much as his earlier work on airpower. The publishing of this work is not only timely and fitting, but serves as a cornerstone for serious study not just for the RAF but military aviation in general.

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书评：两次世界大战期间欧洲的退伍军人和法西斯主义安赫尔·阿尔卡尔德

皇家空军。在这种结构中，作者提供了一个涵盖服务历史的公平叙述，该叙述写得清晰、简洁而全面且清晰。这本书令人耳目一新的元素之一是它如何解决航空机队的建设和管理问题。由于空中力量不仅仅是飞机和飞行员，这项工作解决了与空军发展同等重要的因素以及影响其发展的外部因素。这本书虽然只有 250 页，但涵盖了很多内容，但它的散文结构良好，并且按时间顺序排列得很好。虽然一个较小的历史学家会花大部分时间讨论英国的战斗、英国皇家空军轰炸机司令部和索姆河上的空战，巴克利和海狸很好地描述了该服务的历史以及它在和平和战争时期如何适应英国的国防政策和目标。这是一本为认真学习军事史的学生而写的作品，也是航空学者的必读之作。巴克利再次证明了他作为航空历史学家的勇气，因为这本书将与他早期关于空中力量的著作一样成为必读书籍。这项工作的出版不仅及时和恰当，而且不仅为英国皇家空军而且为整个军用航空提供了认真研究的基石。巴克利再次证明了他作为航空历史学家的勇气，因为这本书将与他早期关于空中力量的著作一样成为必读书籍。这项工作的出版不仅及时和恰当，而且不仅为英国皇家空军而且为整个军用航空提供了认真研究的基石。巴克利再次证明了他作为航空历史学家的勇气，因为这本书将与他早期关于空中力量的著作一样成为必读书籍。这项工作的出版不仅及时和恰当，而且不仅为英国皇家空军而且为整个军用航空提供了认真研究的基石。