Bøger af Peter C. Smith

The full history of the mighty Douglas Dauntless is relayed in exceptional detail.

Minute-by-minute account of the offensive. Covers both the British attackers and the German defenders. Explains how and why the assault failed so badly.

A well-researched history of combat bi-planes during WWII penned by respected aviation historian, Peter C. Smith.

Written by an international expert, and including empirical evidence, this book offers an introduction to the theory and practice underlying the use of formulae as a basis for funding public services.

With the healthcare sector accounting for a sizeable proportion of national expenditures, the pursuit of efficiency has become a central objective of policymakers within most health systems. However, the analysis and measurement of efficiency is a complex undertaking, not least due to the multiple objectives of health care organizations and the many gaps in information systems. In response to this complexity, research in organizational efficiency analysis has flourished. This 2006 book examines some of the most important techniques currently available to measure the efficiency of systems and organizations, including data envelopment analysis and stochastic frontier analysis, and also presents some promising new methodological approaches. Such techniques offer the prospect of many new and fruitful insights into health care performance. Nevertheless, they also pose many practical and methodological challenges. This is an important critical assessment of the strengths and limitations of efficiency analysis applied to health and health care.

An enthralling history of the Vultee Vengeance, the esteemed American dive bomber that was employed to great effect during the Second World War.

Diving vertically at the target, in the same direction the bombs will take, was an incredible bombing technique developed by the British and put into action in World War II. Bombers would dive and release the bombs very close to the target at high speed, with high risk, to accurately bomb relatively small and/or moving targets with ease.

A Photographic guide to the Luftwaffe during World War II with a detailed introduction by an aviation specialist

An enthralling and detailed history of the Mitsubishi Zero, an aircraft that was both feared and revered during the course of its operational history at the vanguard of Japanese military engineering.

A comprehensive history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Explores the philosophy of an 'honourable death', and the manner in which this was achieved by scores of Japanese pilots under order during the Second World War.