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Book SynopsisThe book examines US air power in the Vietnam War and the air wars that followed. The book introduces a new theory of tactical air power along with the operational and environmental factors that explain the effectiveness of modern air power.
Trade Review‘Airpower history and theory tends to focus on “strategic” bombardment at the expense of operational and tactical airpower. Phil Haun’s book provides a welcome reprieve from that tendency given his important focus on airpower in support of the battlefield.’ Heather Venable, author of How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique, 1874–1918
‘A thoroughly researched, hard-hitting analysis of tactical air power in Vietnam, complete with a solid discussion of air power theory and an intriguing look at how the Southeast Asia experience has affected subsequent tactical air power applications.’ Mark Clodfelter, author of The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam
‘Phil Haun has made a major contribution to our understanding of the Vietnam War. Air Power may not have won the Vietnam War, but the fact that there were no Dienbien Phus was clearly the result of massive American air power. Anyone interested in the war needs to read this book.’ Williamson Murray, author of A War To Be Won: Fighting the Second World War
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Tactical air power theory; 3. Vietnam and rolling thunder: 1965–1966; 4. Khe sanh and tet: 1967–1968; 5. Commando hunt I-III and cambodia: 1969–1970; 6. Commando hunt V-VII and lam son 719: 1971–1972; 7. Easter offensive and linebacker I & II: 1972–1973; 8. Analysis and conclusion; 9. Epilogue.
