NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949-89. Throughout the second
half of the 20th century, international relations across the
globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic
forces were deployed across the Arctic Ocean in North
America and Northern Russia, while the best-equipped armed
forces that the world had ever seen faced each other
directly across the ‘Iron Curtain' in Europe. In Cold War
Skies examines the air power of the major powers both at a
strategic and at a tactical level throughout the 40 years of
the Cold War, looking at each decade of the war in turn,
examining the deployment of strategic in North America and
Northern Russia as well as the situation in Europe. It
details the strategic forces and land-based tactical
aircraft used by the air forces of the USA, USSR, NATO,
Warsaw Pact countries and European non-aligned nations.
New in d/w - 435pp, numerous colour
& b/w illustrations
