Tactical Air Power and the Vietnam War - Explaining Effectiveness in Modern Air Warfare

"The 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 which explain the effectiveness of modern air power"--

List of contents

1. 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.

About the author

Phil Haun is a retired US Air Force colonel and decorated A-10 pilot. His is a Research Affiliate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program and his previous publications include A-10s over Kosovo (2003), Coercion, Survival, and War (2015), Lectures of the Air Corps Tactical School (2019), and Air Power and the Age of Primacy (2021).

Summary

The 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.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Haun, Phil (Us Naval War College) Haun, Haun Phil
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009364171
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936417-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Air forces & warfare, c 1960 to c 1970, Air forces and warfare, Military and defence strategy, Modern 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