From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly
illustrated survey of the airpower deployed by NATO and Warsaw Pact
countries throughout the Cold War.
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. In this fascinating book, acclaimed historian Michael Napier looks
at each decade of the war in turn, examining the deployment of strategic
offensive and defensive forces in North America and Northern Russia as
well as the situation in Europe. He details the strategic forces and
land-based tactical aircraft used by the air forces of the USA, USSR,
NATO, Warsaw Pact countries, and the European non-aligned nations. He
also describes the aircraft types in the context of the units that
operated them and the roles in which they were used. The text is
supported by a wide range of first-hand accounts of operational flying
during the Cold War, as well as numerous high-quality images.
