Interservice rivalry and airpower in the Vietnam War / Ian Horwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horwood, Ian, 1957-

Contributor:

Combat Studies Institute (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces)--United States.

Interservice rivalry (Armed Forces).

Military operations, Aerial--American.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 200 pages : digital, PDF file

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kan. : Combat Studies Institute Press ; [Washington, D.C.] : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O., [2006?]

Summary:

This study focuses on tactical airpower in south Vietnam between 1961-1968. Some of the issues examined are command and control of airpower, the use of airpower at the tactical and the operational-strategic level of war, the role of helicopters, and different service understandings of the proper role of airpower in a counterinsurgency.

Contents:

Introduction

The doctrinal background

Competing visions of airmobility: the Howze and Disosway Reports of 1962

Command and control

Tactical airlift in Vietnam

Close air support in Vietnam

Khe Sanh: interservice rivalry or cooperation?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 19, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200).

Electronic reproduction. [Leavenworth, Kan. : U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, 200u?].

Other Format:

Horwood, Ian Interservice rivalry and airpower in the Vietnam War

OCLC:

368164856