title: The strategic leadership and direction of the Royal Air Force Strategic air offensive against Germany from inception to 1945
abstract: This thesis examines the strategic leadership, and the high level direction, of the Royal Air Force’s contribution to the strategic air offensive against Germany. It takes the conceptual thinking, the organisational aspects and the leadership required to bring it into being, from its inception in the First World War through to 1945. The thesis uses modern understanding of strategic (or senior) leadership as an analytical tool. The realm of strategic leadership is complex, and ambiguous, and the 
journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)