Air power is an unusually seductive form of military strength, in part because, like modern courtship, it appears to offer gratification without commitment. (Eliot A. Cohen)

Air power is an unusually seductive form of military strength, in part because, like modern courtship, it appears to offer gratification without commitment.

Eliot A. Cohen

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