"Analyzes more than 20 conflicts . to draw important and timely observations about the uses and abuses of air power. [They] draw a remarkably consistent series of lessons out of their analysis. "-- Armed Forces Journal "A very valuable professional text and a wide-ranging history that outlines the evolution of this highly specialised use of air power."-- Australian Army Journal "This book is not only a timely look at an institutionally neglected topic, but is also recommended for its broad historical overview of the modern phenomena of insurgency and terrorism. This [is] the best summary work on the possibilities, as well as the limitations, of air power against insurgents and terrorists."-- H-Net "The most extensive analysis to date of a subject which will be of growing importance if the United States continues to extend its control over the Third World."-- War in History "This is an important book and, hopefully, one on which ground power and airpower advocates can agree.

Insurgencies, expeditions, and other small wars might occupy the attention of the U.S. Armed Forces in the near term. The time to prepare is now, and getting the air and ground component to work together harmoniously is part of that preparation. This book should be a basic component of that preparation and of that harmony."-- Military Review "An excellent resource that every scholar of the 20th-century small war experience should read. Highly recommended."-- Choice "A timely, well done book.

It offers broad coverage in terms of both chronology and geography as it explores twenty-seven or so conflicts from the 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition up through the end of the twentieth century. Based on impressive research in four languages, Corum and Johnson discuss both guerrilla successes and failures, as well as actions in which air power assisted and those in which air power failed. With America facing increasing challenges from terrorists, and other nations exposed to that threat as well as from insurgents, this book is certainly relevant . The authors not only put air power into perspective, but go further by showing how these conflicts were decided. Their coverage is broad, their research is thorough, and their conclusions are sound. Highly recommended not only for air power and guerrilla war specialists, but generalists as well."-- Journal of Military History "Well written and insightful. Officers of all the services, not just the Air Force, as well as political leaders and military historians will find Airpower in Small Wars of interest.

"-- History: Reviews of New Books "A timely study of the role of air power in counter-insurgency, anti-terrorism, and pacification operations in the twentieth century. A very valuable contribution."-- StrategyPage.com "A very valuable contribution to the literature of counter-insurgency."-- NYMAS Review, New York Military Affairs Symposium.