David R Mets
Biographic Data
| ID | 1107659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David R Mets |
| GIVEN NAMES | David R |
| FAMILY NAME | Mets |
| SIGNATURE | METS D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maxwell Air Force Base |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Long Search for a Surgical Strike
This research paper explores the relationship between the advancement in conventional weapons guidance technology and the in military affairs (RMA) said to be afoot. It also explores whether the improvement in conventional air weapons accuracy since World War II is the foundation, the main pillar, one of the principal supports, or is irrelevant to the RMA. Clearly, the air theorists of the 1920s were fully persuaded that indeed a revolution was a…
How Effective is Strategic Bombing? Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo
The Challenge of Change
Historical Dictionary of the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents
The Historical Dictionary of the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents presents terms of the significant events, important leaders, and technological improvements that define the evolution of the United States Air Force. From just three airmen in 1907, the USAF passed through a peak of 2.4 million service persons during World War II to reach its present strength of around 381,000 officers and airmen. Those 381,000 people are members of the …
The Challenge of Change
This work examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the new strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. The contributors chose France, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States as focus countries because their military institutions endeavoured to develop both the material capacity and the conceptual framework for the conduct of mode…
The Air Campaign
Much has been made about the planning for and execution of the aerial dimension of the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. A major debate both within and outside of the US Air Force has been associated with the influence of Col John Warden. He was then a member of the Air Staff in the Pentagon and theoretically without an assigned function in theater-level campaign planning. Arguments that the Gulf War was a manifestation of a revolution in military affa…
Encyclopedia of the American Military. 3 vols
In Clouds of Glory
Journal Article In Clouds of Glory: American Airmen Who Flew with the British during the Great War. By James J. Hudson. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. xii + 290 pp. Cloth, $26.95; paper, $14.95.) Get access David R. Mets David R. Mets School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June…
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske and the American Navy
Journal Article Admiral Bradley A. Fiske and the American Navy. By Paolo E. Coletta. (Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1979. xiii + 306 pp. Illustration, notes, sources, and index. $25.00.) Get access David R. Mets David R. Mets Air University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 4, March 1980, Pages 960–961, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887707 Published: 01 March 198…
The Challenge of Change
This work examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the new strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. The contributors chose France, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States as focus countries because their military institutions endeavoured to develop both the material capacity and the conceptual framework for the conduct of mode…
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske and the American Navy
Journal Article Admiral Bradley A. Fiske and the American Navy. By Paolo E. Coletta. (Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1979. xiii + 306 pp. Illustration, notes, sources, and index. $25.00.) Get access David R. Mets David R. Mets Air University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 4, March 1980, Pages 960–961, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887707 Published: 01 March 198…
In Clouds of Glory
Journal Article In Clouds of Glory: American Airmen Who Flew with the British during the Great War. By James J. Hudson. (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. xii + 290 pp. Cloth, $26.95; paper, $14.95.) Get access David R. Mets David R. Mets School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June…
Encyclopedia of the American Military. 3 vols
The Air Campaign
Much has been made about the planning for and execution of the aerial dimension of the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq. A major debate both within and outside of the US Air Force has been associated with the influence of Col John Warden. He was then a member of the Air Staff in the Pentagon and theoretically without an assigned function in theater-level campaign planning. Arguments that the Gulf War was a manifestation of a revolution in military affa…
Historical Dictionary of the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents
The Historical Dictionary of the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents presents terms of the significant events, important leaders, and technological improvements that define the evolution of the United States Air Force. From just three airmen in 1907, the USAF passed through a peak of 2.4 million service persons during World War II to reach its present strength of around 381,000 officers and airmen. Those 381,000 people are members of the …
The Challenge of Change
This work examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the new strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. The contributors chose France, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States as focus countries because their military institutions endeavoured to develop both the material capacity and the conceptual framework for the conduct of mode…
How Effective is Strategic Bombing? Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo
The Challenge of Change
The Long Search for a Surgical Strike
This research paper explores the relationship between the advancement in conventional weapons guidance technology and the in military affairs (RMA) said to be afoot. It also explores whether the improvement in conventional air weapons accuracy since World War II is the foundation, the main pillar, one of the principal supports, or is irrelevant to the RMA. Clearly, the air theorists of the 1920s were fully persuaded that indeed a revolution was a…
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