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Douhet, Giulio
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Douhet, Giulio (1869–1930) an Italian army general of
World War I. Although trained as an artillery officer, he commanded Italy's first aviation unit, the Aeronautical Battalion, from 1912 to 1915. His harsh criticism of how the war was being managed led to his court-martial, imprisonment, and retirement. After a 1917 investigation of an Italian loss at Caporetto demonstrated that Douhet's criticisms had been justified, and his conviction was reversed and he was appointed to head the aviation service. He is remembered primarily for his book,
Il dominio dell'aria (1921;
The Command of the Air [1942])—the first formal treatise on air strategy—in which he challenged the hostile resistance aroused by the military potential of flight until that potential was accepted and realized. Although some of his ideas have become obsolete, many of them were adopted by all of the major powers before and during
World War II. His idea that strategic bombing could disorganize and destroy an enemy's war effort was well demonstrated throughout that war.
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The limits of shock and awe
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 12/28/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...was not a Pentagon employee but Giulio Douhet, an Italian advocate of airpower...repeatedly, civilians have proved Douhet wrong. "Shock and awe" was tested...were forgotten, as the ghost of Giulio Douhet hovered over the Bush administration...
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Command of the air: as aircraft have changed, so has the way air power is used. But the goal remains.(A Centennial of Flight Special Feature)
Magazine article from: Airman; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; In 1912, Giulio Douhet led the first Italian air battalion in...weapon in the military arsenal, and Douhet was one of a handful who saw its potential...communications and support lines. Douhet wanted an air force that could win not...
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Overreliance on technology in warfare: the Yom Kippur War as a case study.
Magazine article from: Parameters; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...nature of war? Italian theorist Giulio Douhet believed that the invention of the airplane had done just that. Douhet, one of the fathers of strategic...two points, though overstated by Douhet, are important, and have been implemented...
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Airpower, Jointness, and Transformation
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Mackinder, a British scholar; and Giulio Douhet, an Italian general. All three...after the advent of the airplane, Douhet argued that the technology of powered...as an element of national power. Douhet was later joined by William "Billy...
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What destroyed Serbia?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 06-18-1999 In the future, Giulio Douhet said more than 80 years ago, wars...their ups and downs. At first, Douhet's outspoken critique of the Italian...tanks would replace the cavalry), Douhet was not only rehabilitated but even...
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Bombing and the Air War on the Italian Front, 1915-1918.
Magazine article from: Air Power History; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Empire. On November 1, 1911, Lt. Giulio Gavotti dropped four bombs, each...command of a staff officer named Giulio Douhet, who has some claim to have been...concerning the application of air power. Douhet made sure that the Italian government...
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The 2006 Lebanon war: lessons learned.(Report)
Magazine article from: Parameters; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...stagnating in the trenches, General Giulio Douhet of the Italian General Staff saw...will to fight; command of the air, Douhet promised, would translate into victory...units in France during WWI, shared Douhet's view though he applied it more...
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To win the long war; Empower lower-level soldiers, Marines.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 10/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...Between the world wars the Italian Giulio Douhet, author of The Command of the Air...horrors of trench warfare. Mr. Douhet's disciples live on. Militaries...bookshelves next to Mr. Mahan, Mr. Douhet, Gen. von Seeckt and Gen. DePuy...
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Roots of Strategy
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Corbett; The Command of the Air, by Giulio Douhet; and Winged Defense, by William...S. Army and Brigadier General Douhet of Italy, concluded that the heavy...consequently was slow to confront Douhet's truly horrifying prescription...
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The Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory
Magazine article from: Airpower Journal; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...evolved from the early theories of Giulio Douhet (The Command of the Air) right...arranged chronologically, starting with Douhet and ending with a thought-provoking...includes pieces on the usual icons (Douhet, Billy Mitchell, Hugh Trenchard...
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Giulio Douhet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Giulio Douhet Giulio Douhet (1869-1930) is regarded as one of the first military strategists to recognize the predominant role aerial warfare would play in twentieth-century battle. Known as the father of airpower, Douhet's theories are...
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Douhet, Giulio
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Douhet, Giulio (1869–1930), Italian general and early air power theorist.Giulio Douhet is remembered best for propounding a...the perfect target set. Bibliography Giulio Douhet , The Command of the Air , 1942; rept...
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Bombing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...for decades of postwar controversy over the role of air power. Central figures were the Italian Air Force officer Giulio Douhet, author of The Command of the Air (1921); Sir Hugh Trenchard, the commander of the first independent air service...
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Bombing, Ethics of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...or not) to nonmilitary targets, while tactical bombing aims only at military targets. As originally conceived by Giulio Douhet and Billy Mitchell in the 1920s, strategic bombing was intended to target population centers so as to disrupt the...
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air forces
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...establishment of air forces independent of a nation's ground forces. After the war a few allied strategists, including Giulio Douhet and others, such as Gen. William Mitchell of the United States, fought for the intensive development of airpower...
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