31. General Giulio Douhet and Strategic Bombing

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Air Power and International Security

Portsmouth Military Education Team

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Welcome to the Air Power and International Security Podcast. Brought to you by the University of Portsmouth's Military Education Team (PME), this show aims to develop understandings of the use of air and space power in the contemporary world. PME are a group of scholars working at RAF Cranwell and RAF Halton dedicated to the study of air and space power. In these episodes we will explore various issues relating to the theory and practice of military power across all domains (not just air!), international security and current affairs, and the history of military aviation and space power.

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31. General Giulio Douhet and Strategic Bombing

Air Power and International Security

39 minutes 22 seconds

2 years ago

31. General Giulio Douhet and Strategic Bombing

Welcome to series three of the Air Power and International Security Podcast! Today we have a fantastic episode dedicated to General Giulio Douhet, one of the most important figures in the conceptual development of air power, and his ideas regarding the employment of strategic bombing. General Douhet is known for his advocacy of bombing civilians, so we're asking how these ideas were formed, and how this extreme approach was justified by Douhet.

Professor Thomas Hippler (University of Caen) joins us on the show today. Professor Hippler is a renowned scholar who has published widely on the use of strategic bombing. He has also written the most authoritative book on Douhet to date. Thomas' extensive research examining Douhet's early work means that he is ideally placed to discuss Douhet's thinking about warfare during the 20th century and the role of air power within it.