Air Power''s Lost Cause - The American Air Wars of Vietnam

Filling a substantial void in our understanding of the history of airpower in Vietnam, this book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Most important for understanding the US defeat, Laslie illustrates the perils of a nation building a one-dimensional fighting force capable of supporting only one type of war.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Getting Involved
2 The War in the South: Build-up
3 The War in the South: Close Air Support
4 "To Deter Hanoi . . .": The War in the North
5 The US Navy's Air War: An Attack Pilot's War
6 Strategic Air Power at Bay?
7 Laos, Cambodia, and the War against the Ho Chi Minh Trail
8 The Air-to-Air War
Denouement and Conclusion
Appendix A: JCS 94-Target List
Appendix B: List of Project CHECO Reports
Appendix C: List of Named Aerial Operations during the Vietnam War
Archival Collections
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Brian D. Laslie is the Command Historian at the United States Air Force Academy. He is the author of The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam.

Product details

• Authors: Brian D. Laslie, Laslie Brian D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781538189207
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8920-7
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: War and Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Air forces & warfare, United States of America, USA, Asian History, Air forces and warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space