Victory Through Air Power by Major Alexander P. De Seversky

Victory Through Air Power by Major Alexander P. De Seversky

A pivotal work of military strategy and aviation history, Victory Through Air Power is Major Alexander P. De Seversky’s bold vision of the role air dominance should play in modern warfare. First published during the heart of World War II, this 1942 first edition presents De Seversky’s groundbreaking argument for air supremacy - an idea that would go on to shape U.S. military doctrine and help inspire the foundation of the modern U.S. Air Force.

De Seversky, a Russian-American aviator, inventor, and decorated WWI veteran, brings firsthand insight and daring foresight to this work. Drawing from both personal experience and strategic analysis, he advocated for long-range air attack capabilities at a time when conventional military thinking still prioritized ground and sea power. The book was so influential that Walt Disney adapted it into a wartime propaganda film of the same name in 1943, helping to bring its ideas to a broader public and political audience.

This copy is a true 1942 first edition hardcover, published by Simon & Schuster, lacking its original dust jacket but otherwise intact. The cover shows sun fading, primarily on the spine - an expected patina of age for a volume that has witnessed the better part of a century. Interior pages are clean, binding is firm, and it retains its historical charm. A solid reading or display copy of a work that once shifted the direction of world power from land and sea to the skies. It’s historical importance is undeniable! 

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-First Edition (Copyright 1942)

-Hardcover