Hey West Point, here's an airpower reading list from an expert

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By Lt.
Gen. David Deptula (USAF, ret.)

Best
Defense department of airborne victory

--Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of
Modern Air Power Economic and Military, William
Mitchell, 1925

-- The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat, John Warden, 1988

--The Transformation of American Air Power, Benjamin S. Lambeth, 2000

--The Influence of Air Power upon History, Walter
J. Boyne, 2003

--Airpower Advantage: Planning the Gulf War Air
Campaign, 1989-1991, Diane T. Putney, 2004

--The Art of Airpower: Sun Tzu Revisited, Sanu
Kainikara, 2009

--Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of
Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era, David E. Johnson, 2007

--The Foundations of US Air Doctrine: The Problem
of Friction in War, Barry D. Watts, 1984.

--A History of Air Warfare, John Olsen, 2010

--Global Air Power, John Olsen, 2011

--Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the
United States Air Force, Frank Futrell, 1989

--The Icarus Syndrome, Carl Builder, 1993.

I
would replace Douhet on the USMA History
Department's top 10 classics with "Winged Defense."