Air warfare in the missile age / Lon O. Nordeen ; foreword by Walter J. Boyne.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nordeen, Lon O., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air warfare--History.

Air warfare.

History.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Physical Description:

xii, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002]

Summary:

Nordeen (a business manager at Boeing) describes the development of air warfare from the Vietnam War to the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s. He synthesizes discussion of combat tactics and developments, technological issues and advancements, and political/military background and how they all impacted air combat. Aside from the wars mentioned above, other conflicts discussed include the Indian and Pakistani wars over Kashmir and Bangladesh, Arab-Israeli conflicts of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Falkland Islands War between the UK and Argentina, the Iran-Iraq war, and the first Gulf War. This is a reprint of the 2002 edition. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1. Rolling Thunder: North Vietnam, 1964-1968 1

2. Linebacker and Linebacker II: The Vietnam Conflict, 1971-1973 39

3. The Battle for Kashmir: The Indo-Pakistan Conflict, 1965 61

4. The Battle for Bangladesh: The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971 74

5. The Six-Day War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967 89

6. The War of Attrition: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967-1970 103

7. The Yom Kippur War: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1973 123

8. Continuing Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan: 1973-2001 149

9. The Battle for the Malvinas: The Falkland Islands Conflict, 1982 173

10. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 190

11. The Gulf War, 1990-2001 204

12. The Balkan Civil Wars, 1991-2001 237

Appendix 1 Aircraft and Weapons, 1965 265

Appendix 2 Aircraft and Weapons, 2000 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.

ISBN:

158834083X

OCLC:

48544054