2 options
The advisory years to 1965 / by Robert F. Futrell, with the assistance of Martin Blumenson.
Connect to full text Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Futrell, Robert Frank
- Series:
- United States Air Force in Southeast Asia
- The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Air Force--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Southeast Asia--History.
- Southeast Asia.
- Military operations, Aerial--American.
- Genre:
- Government publications
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1981.
- Summary:
- This publication is the first of a series titled The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. It tells the story of the Air Force's involvement in the region from the end of the second World War until the major infusion of American troops into Vietnam in 1965. During these years, and most noticeably after 1961, the Air Force's principal role in Southeast Asia was to advise the Vietnamese Air Force in its struggle against insurgents seeking the collapse of the Saigon Government. This story includes some issues of universal applicability to the Air Force: the role of air power in an insurgency, the most effective way to advise a foreign ally, and how to coordinate with other American agencies (both military and civilian) which are doing the same thing. It also deals iwth issues unique to the Vietnamese conflict: how to coordinate a centralized, technological modern air force with a feudal, decentralized, indigenous one without overwhelming it, and how best to adapt fighter, reconnaissance, airlift, and liaison planes to a jungle environment. Additional volumes in this series will tell the story of the Air Force in South Vietnam, in Laos, and over North Vietnam until the cessation of the Air Force's direct role in 1973, (Author).
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 11, 2004).
- Paper version no longer available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2023.
- Other Format:
- Futrell, Robert Frank. Advisory years to 1965
- OCLC:
- 55118269
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.