General Earle E. Partridge, USAF: Airpower Leadership in a Limited War
David H Gurney, "General Earle E. Partridge, USAF: Airpower Leadership in a Limited War"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1249587700 | EPUB | pages: 88 | 0.4 mb
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1249587700 | EPUB | pages: 88 | 0.4 mb
This study analyzes the career of General Earle Everard "Pat" Partridge, USAF, with a focus on the airpower lessons that inspired his craftsmanship of the first air campaign of the United States Air Force. The author separates Partridge's career into three sequential periods: company grade operational experiences; field grade instructional and doctrinal studies; and finally Partridge's flag grade leadership and innovation. The conclusion drawn from a career spanning both World Wars and culminating in the Korean War, is that Partridge generally endorsed official doctrine as a training goal; a goal to be adjusted to meet the unique and unpredictable contextual demands of an explicit war scenario.