ABSTRACT
As a revolutionary, Sykes fought the military establishment to bring about the organizational and strategic changes he believed were essential to achieve victory. Th is is a different interpretation from the idea that air power in the First World War was a rapid, chaotic and reactionary development that failed to meet expectations – or that the early evolution of air power was a slow and costly process plagued by trial-and-error methodology.42 Both interpretations are valid to some extent, but they do not address a key issue that comes to light through a consideration of Sykes - that warfare had begun to experience a revolution in air power.
