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XX century but it is also a useful tool to better understand the developments of cur-
rent strategic scenarios.
The presentation by General Vincenzo Camporini, Chief of Defence Staff in the
period when CISM was tasked with developing this project, adds further value to this
volume, whose scientific content is also corroborated by the introduction of Professor
Massimo de Leonardis, ICMH Vice President and CISM Secretary General. The
beautiful book jacket is a reproduction of the painting by A.G. Ambrosi “Guerra nel
Cielo” (War in the sky), painted in 1942 and kept in the Air Force Museum “Gianni
Caproni”, Trento. In sum, this volume is a valid example of an effective international
cooperation, at a joint and inter-academic level, for the production of a work on such
an important subject as air power.
