British air power: the doctrinal path to jointery

Abstract

A nuclear aspect and the fourth edition of AP 1300 (March 1957)Doctrinal vacuum in the 1970s-1980s; A new chapter in the history of RAF doctrine; AP 3000, second edition, 1993; The lessons of history; 3 Case Study of the Third Edition of AP 3000 (Part I); Factors of the external environment; Domestic politics; 4 Case Study of the Third Edition of AP 3000 (Part II); Networks (academics); Doctrine authors and personalities; Conclusion; 5 Case Study of the Fourth Edition of AP 3000; The context: The absence of doctrine; Lessons of previous operations; The internal environment