Flak played an integral part of Germany's air defenses during World War I and II and this well-researched and well-written volume looks at the development of the antiaircraft artillery, its doctrine, organization, employment and manning. No other book I have ever come across has done as good a job as this one in discussing the ground-based air defenses of the Luftwaffe and the German Army.
Mr. Westermann goes beyond simply looking at developments... he puts them in perspective for the reader, employing charts and numbers which provide snapshots of Germany's ground-based air defenses. More importantly, Westermann explains the driving force of technology on German doctrine, the importance of deception and the German theorists on both sides of the "measurement of success" debate within the military community (whether the destruction of enemy aircraft should be the sole yardstick of effectiveness for antiaircraft or should the minimalization of enemy accuracy be the measurement). The production of the excellent "88," the wartime development of radar and other aspects are just some of the topics presented in this volume.
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