Winged Victory: How the Great War Ended

Giulio Douhet (1869–1930) was an Italian general and military theorist best known for his 1921 book, The Command of the Air. This influential volume argued that the invention of the airplane forever altered military strategy, rendering air power the most effective and concise method for overcoming enemy power and ending a war swiftly. While The Command of the Air has been translated into several languages and used in history and military classrooms for years, Douhet’s earlier book, an alter...