Dr Richard R. Muller is Professor of Airpower History

Air power history

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 within the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at the USAF's Air University in Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery, Alabama

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. He gained his Bachelor of Arts

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 from Franklin and Marshall College and his Master of Arts

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 and Doctor of Philosophy

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 degrees from the Ohio State University

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. He is an authority on the German Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

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 of the Second World War. His books include: The German Air War in Russia (1992. ISBN 1877853135); The Luftwaffe's Way of War: German Air Force Doctrine, 1911-1945 (with James Corum

James Corum

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)(1998. ISBN 187785347X); The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich (with Donald Caldwell) (2007: ISBN 1853677124). He is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies

Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies

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