Luftwaffe : a history. [The legend of the Luftwaffe -- The command -- The commanders -- The role of Goering -- The deputy : Milch -- The artist : Udet -- A child of his times : Jeschonnek -- The role of Hitler -- Problems of command -- Training, the stepchild -- The chimera of dive-bombing -- The neglect of air transport -- Bomber decisions -- The wrong priorities -- The lost chance : jets -- Baptism of fire -- The Battle of Britain -- Defeat from victory : Malta -- The Soviet Union -- Stalingrad -- The defense of Germany -- The legend exposed -- Figure 1. The organization of the Luftwaffe, 1933 to 1937 -- Figure 2. Reorganization of the Luftwaffe, 2 June 1937 -- Figure 3. Organization of the Luftwaffe, 1939-1944 -- Reorganization.]

New York : Times Books, 1977, 1977. Very Good. xvii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; LC: D787; Dewey: 940.54/49/43; OCLC: 3379967; ISBN: 0812907256; 9780812907254 LCCN: 77-79028 ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due ; grey and red cloth ; no dustjacket ; "A condensation of twelve volumes written by former key officers of the German Air Force for the United States Air Force Historical Division."; Contents: The legend of the Luftwaffe -- The command -- The commanders -- The role of Goering -- The deputy : Milch -- The artist : Udet -- A child of his times : Jeschonnek -- The role of Hitler -- Problems of command -- Training, the stepchild -- The chimera of dive-bombing -- The neglect of air transport -- Bomber decisions -- The wrong priorities -- The lost chance : jets -- Baptism of fire -- The Battle of Britain -- Defeat from victory : Malta -- The Soviet Union -- Stalingrad -- The defense of Germany -- The legend exposed -- Figure 1. The organization of the Luftwaffe, 1933 to 1937 -- Figure 2. Reorganization of the Luftwaffe, 2 June 1937 -- Figure 3. Organization of the Luftwaffe, 1939-1944 -- Reorganization of the Luftwaffe, 15 August 1944. ; aircraft depicted: Stuka, Junkers JU-52, Mescherscmitt Me 109, Me 110, Folk-Wulff FW 190, FW 109, Me 210, Me 262, He 111, Do 17, Ju 86, JU-88, He 177, Ju-89, FW 200 Condor, Ju 290 ; VG