AP 505(S) - Interwar Air Campaigns in Small Wars

OVERVIEW

This seminar compares the experiences of American aviation units in small wars to the planning process of British aviators during the interwar period. While American pilots garnered valuable experience in counterinsurgency environments, their British counterparts made plans to conduct aerial warfare against an industrial enemy, using strategic bombardment as a means to avoid the grinding attrition of a land campaign.

OBJECTIVES
 * 1) Examine how small wars are inherently different than large conventional conflicts.
 * 2) Analyze the American interwar approach to airpower in small wars.
 * 3) Analyze the European colonial approach to airpower in small wars.