Happy New Year from AUP! Thanks to all of our authors, contributors, editors, illustrators, printing specialists, and marketing/publicity specialists, especially the Air University Academic Services leadership, for the continued support of and trust in Air University Press. While few will be sorry to see 2020 go, we would be remiss if we failed to acknowledge one of the most successful calendar years in the press’s history. Here’s to an even better 2021!

Now available at Air University Press! "An Honorable Place in American Air Power": Civil Air Patrol Coastal Patrol Operations, 1942–1943. Dr. Frank Blazich has spent years researching and compiling disparate records of Civil Air Patrol's short-lived--but influential--coastal patrol operations of World War II, which he synthesizes into the first scholarly monograph that cements the legacy of this unique and vital wartime civil-military cooperative effort. Ebook: https://buff.ly/3lZ9wRO. Print edition forthcoming.

Click to edit this Check out the latest editions of our peer-reviewed journals! Air and Space Power Journal's current edition on Information Warfare. Strategic Studies Quarterly's is on Space, Nuclear Weapons, and AI. The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs has a special issue on Quad Plus: Form Versus Substance. Finally, the Journal of the Americas focuses on how the Armed Forces of the Americas is responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

AUP's Top 10 2020 downloads for books and papers. Which ones have you read? Any surprises? 1. Brown Bag Lessons: The Magic of Bullet Writing: https://buff.ly/3mOcIQU 2. Artificial Intelligence, China, Russia, and the Global Order: https://buff.ly/2KA7vzc 3. Electromagnetic Defense Task Force 2.0—2019 Report: https://buff.ly/38BBxue 4. Guidelines for Command: https://buff.ly/37VQXum5. 5. Developing Your Full Range of Leadership: https://buff.ly/3nWBTC2 6. Space Primer: https://bit.ly/3rjYGKj 7. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945: https://bit.ly/3h9CvBI 8. Electromagnetic Defense Task Force (EDTF) 2018 Report: https://bit.ly/3hcZDiT 9. Apollo's Warriors: https://bit.ly/3hcdTs5 10. The Evolution of the Cruise Missile: https://bit.ly/3aN7zX5

Good Outfit: The 803rd Engineer Battalion and the Defense of the Philippines, 1941–1942 by Paul W. Ropp. The 803rd Engineer (Aviation) Battalion (Separate) holds a unique place in the history of the US Army and US Army Air Force. They were hastily thrown together with minimal training, and the first aviation engineer unit deployed to “foreign” posts (i.e., outside the continental United States) into what became the European and the Pacific Theaters of Operation. This book highlights the difficulty of establishing and maintaining expeditionary airfields in a contested environment. 

The Air Mobility Command is featuring AUP's publications in its upcoming Squadron Commander’s Course. Featured are Sharing Success: Owning Failure: https://buff.ly/2KAp6ae; Commanding an Air Force Squadron in the 21st Century: https://buff.ly/3aVQxFU; Sharing the Journey: https://buff.ly/2JoCXj5; Developing Your Full Range of Leadership: https://buff.ly/3nWBTC2; Guidelines for Command: https://buff.ly/37VQXum; Behind the Light Switch: https://bit.ly/34N1FRW; and The Secret Sauce for Organizational Success: https://bit.ly/34QcToD.

Want to publish but don't have time to write a full article, book, or paper? Consider writing a book review. We publish book reviews to inform our readers and enhance the content in our journals. Books available for review: https://buff.ly/38FIjPN and https://buff.ly/3mT8JCz.