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Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-war Air Force (Hardcover)
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Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-war Air Force (Hardcover)
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Fading Eagle - Politics and Decline of Britain's Post-War Air Force
looks at the rise and fall of British air power from a more
critical than usual angle, in particular the impact of political
ineptitude. The Royal Air Force, following a troubled start as a
result of resentful contention by the other services, rose to
prominence during the Second World War countering imminent invasion
and striking at Hitler's army and industrial complex before the
Normandy landings. Air power also proved a vital factor in support
of both land and sea operations. Post-war, the RAF continued its
newfound prominence among the armed forces, again as the principal
defender of the United Kingdom from likely Soviet air attack and as
the principal means of delivering the nuclear deterrent, countering
the submarine threat and providing rapid comprehensive air support
across the globe. Despite this, the change in political aspirations
and priorities led to decisions and policies which resulted in
unintended and unnecessary weakening of the RAF and other services.
When the Cold War ended in 1991, many western nations, Britain not
least among them, were determined that modern warfare as understood
was at an end, air power quickly became sidelined despite being
relied upon extensively since. In an era of high demand on the
armed forces in tandem with less and incompetently managed funding,
there have been calls for the RAF to be disbanded, as had been so
during the early years of its existence.
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