Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth CenturyIn 1977, Robin Higham and Jacob Kipp edited Soviet Aviation and Air Power, the first comprehensive study of Russian aviation. This new volume brings together both new editors and new contributors, to take a fresh look at Russian and Soviet aviation in the twentieth century. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, new archives have become available as well as new perspectives, and all the contributors to this new volume have based their research on newly available material. While some chapters update those in the 1977 work, most break new ground, such as those dealing with the aircraft industry, the designers, and Soviet Air combat on the periphery. |
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Contents
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LendLease Douglas C47s and Sovietbuilt licensed copies of the | 80 |
A S Yakovlev and S I Ilyushin seated below picture of Stalin in 1945 | 146 |
The I162 went into Aeroflot longrange service in 1967 | 146 |
Their Design Bureaux and Aircraft | 162 |
The Defense of Russian Aerospace | 191 |
The Soviet Air Force | 208 |
Civil Aviation in the Soviet | 236 |
Epilogue | 269 |
Index | 299 |
Aviation and the Transformation of CombinedArms | 91 |
Russian and Soviet Naval Aviation 190896 | 108 |
The Aviation Industry 191797 | 126 |
The Russians latest fighter plane the Sukhoi35 at the Berlin | |
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Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century Robin Higham,John T. Greenwood,Von Hardesty Limited preview - 1998 |
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century John Greenwood,Von Hardesty,Robin Higham Limited preview - 2014 |
Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century John Greenwood,Von Hardesty,Robin Higham Limited preview - 2014 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century Volume 7 of Cass series--studies in air power, ISSN 1368-5597 |
| Editors | Robin Higham, John T. Greenwood, Von Hardesty |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0714647845, 9780714647845 |
| Length | 320 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / General Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General) |
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