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War from above the clouds : B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine / William P. Head.
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- Author/Creator:
- Head, William P., 1949-
- Series:
- Fairchild paper 1528-2325
- Fairchild paper, 1528-2325
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force--History.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force.
- Air power--United States.
- Air power.
- Air warfare.
- B-52 bomber.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Military operations, Aerial--American.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine
- Place of Publication:
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- "Dr. Head examines B-52 operations in Vietnam and how the air war affected airpower doctrine and theory. He examines the evolution of this awesome manned strategic weapon in Vietnam to see how the structure of the B-52's originally intended mission altered--if at all--the theories of airpower first put forward by Giulio Douhet and William "Billy" Mitchell. Dr. Head analyzes how this same operational alteration affected official USAF doctrine first formulated by Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces leaders before and during World War II, later modified in the 1950s after the US Air Force became a separate service. Dr. Head contends that the lack of a definitive test for the theory that airpower decisively affects the outcome of war continued during the Vietnam or Second Indochina War."--AU Press web site.
- Contents:
- Airpower theory and doctrine in the 1950s
- Development of the B-52 Stratofortress
- Air Force theory and doctrine in the 1960s
- Keeping a historical account
- Menu bombing
- Commando hunt operations
- Air Force theory and doctrine in the early 1970s
- Air Force doctrine after Vietnam.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed March 30, 2004).
- "July 2002."
- "Fairchild paper."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Head, William P., 1949- War from above the clouds : B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine
- OCLC:
- 54838431
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