Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force

The United States needs airpower, but does it need an air force? In Grounded, Robert M. Farley persuasively argues that America should end the independence of the United States Air Force (USAF) and divide its assets and missions between the United States Army and the United States Navy. In the wake of World War I, advocates of the Air Force argued that an organizationally independent air force would render other military branches obsolete. These boosters promised clean, easy wars: airpower wou

Author: Robert M. Farley
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/11/2014
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780813144955

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 03/21/2014 pg. 17
Choice 10/01/2014 pg. 341

About the Author

Robert M. Farley is an assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky.

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