Slim Chance: The Pivotal Role of Air Mobility in the Burma Campaign (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781286861875)

This study applies lessons learned from air mobility's pivotal role in Field Marshal Sir William Slim's World War II Burma campaign to contemporary air mobility operations. The author begins by tracing the evolution of air mobility from its pre-World War I roots to the Second World War, noting how its development proceeded despite the lack of coherent, codified doctrine. Next the author assesses Slim's Burma campaign and how the key elements of organization, training and leadership, apart from air mobility, proved critical to Allied victory. Building upon this, the discussion turns to air mobility's contributions to Slim's joint campaign. From this analysis, the author identifies the tenets of air superiority, organization and air mobility normalization as being critical and enduring airpower lessons from the Burma theater. The closing chapters offer a primer on contemporary mobility operations before arguing that modern air mobility practitioners must account for five key essentials: superiority across the air and space domains; proper organization that promotes relationship building at the operational level of war; normalization of the complete air mobility supply chain and its accompanying idea of 'air mobility mindedness'; training focused on increased interoperability; and the vital role of leadership.

Author: Derek Salmi
ISBN-10: 128686187X
ISBN-13: 9781286861875
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 10/26/2012
Pages: 110
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.23d