This book contains 88 pages, 63 black and white photos, 16 color photos, 18 color profiles, 6 color maps, 5 black and white maps, and 2 tables. It covers war plans, policy, manufacturers, and the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1945 to 1990, and is divided into four chapters.

The bulk of this book covers the development of new weapons and aircraft, and how that led to the changes in US tactics, strategy, and doctrine. The changes were needed due to the ending of WWII and the developing Cold War along with the advent of nuclear weapons. These, coupled with the rapid development of jet aircraft, meant that the newly formed USAF would need to modernize its organization of squadrons, war planning, and overall approach on how to manage conflicts of the future. In addition, there were new, more powerful weapons along with lower numbers of more technologically superior aircraft than those that were used in WWII.

A good perspective is also given on the various bomber manufacturers and what they did to design aircraft by incorporating the new technologies, and their ability to safely and rapidly deliver these new weapons of war. The book concludes with what went into the development and use of the Strategic Air Command.

This is an enjoyable book that goes into the details of how modern US air power and its plans, policies, and doctrine were developed, implemented, and modified over the 45 years covered. It is valuable to the historian due to how well it covers these topics. The photos and color profiles can certainly inspire dioramas and aircraft painting schemes for the modeler. Overall, this is an informative and useful volume that I highly recommend.

My thanks to Casemate for the review copy and to the IPMS/USA for the opportunity to assess it!