Like Rolling Thunder: The Air War in Vietnam, 1964–1975: Vietnam: America in the War Years
Autor Ronald B. Frankum Jr.en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 ian 2005
With dramatic names right out of a Hollywood blockbuster, these strike operations conducted by the United States Air Force were part of an aerial campaign that spanned over a decade, sprawled over four countries, and involved the dropping of countless tons of bombs.
In this insightful and lively book, distinguished scholar Ronald B. Frankum, Jr. captures the full extent of the struggle. The first brief overview of the air war in Vietnam, Like Rolling Thunder examines each theatre of operation-South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia-and explores the extent to which the aerial campaigns aided U.S. tactics and strategy. Comprehensive yet concise, the work is a fresh look at this conflict's bitterly contested and hard fought air war.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780742543027
ISBN-10: 0742543021
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 154 x 230 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield
Seria Vietnam: America in the War Years
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0742543021
Pagini: 232
Ilustrații: Illustrations, maps
Dimensiuni: 154 x 230 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield
Seria Vietnam: America in the War Years
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Air War
Chapter 2: A Gradual Response: The Air War over North Vietnam, 1965-1968
Chapter 3: In Command and Control: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965-1968
Chapter 4: The Secret War: The Air War in Laos, 1964-1975
Chapter 5: Nixon's Other War: The Air Campaign in Cambodia, 1969-1975
Chapter 6: A Year of Decision, 1972
Conclusion
Bibliographic Essay
Appendix: Aircraft Flown in Southeast Asia
Chapter 1: The Early Air War
Chapter 2: A Gradual Response: The Air War over North Vietnam, 1965-1968
Chapter 3: In Command and Control: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965-1968
Chapter 4: The Secret War: The Air War in Laos, 1964-1975
Chapter 5: Nixon's Other War: The Air Campaign in Cambodia, 1969-1975
Chapter 6: A Year of Decision, 1972
Conclusion
Bibliographic Essay
Appendix: Aircraft Flown in Southeast Asia
Recenzii
Frankum provides a concise and insightful summary of the complex and contentious issues of the air war in Southeast Asia. If one has time for but one book on the air war, I strongly recommend that volume be Like Rolling Thunder.
A concise, comprehensive account of the air war in Southeast Asia, packed with data, that covers all theaters of the war.
A timely and judicious account, Like Rolling Thunder skillfully addresses both the successes and failures of one of the more controversial aspects of America's war in Southeast Asia.
Presents a concise history of the air war in Vietnam.
Ronald B. Frankum, Jr., . . . offers a compelling, readable, and concise overview of a complex, intricate, and long air war, perhaps the dominant aspect of America's longest war. . . . Much of the earlier writing on air war, mine included, reflected passions attached to the controversies we lived. Frankum's writing-thankfully-is devoid of such emotion. Like Rolling Thunder offers a good overview of a complex story bolstered by statistics, informative maps, photographs of the primary weapon systems, and a useful glossary to make sense of the abundant acronyms. The concluding bibliographic essay alone is worth the price of the book. It will be especially useful in undergraduate Vietnam War courses.
A concise, comprehensive account of the air war in Southeast Asia, packed with data, that covers all theaters of the war.
A timely and judicious account, Like Rolling Thunder skillfully addresses both the successes and failures of one of the more controversial aspects of America's war in Southeast Asia.
Presents a concise history of the air war in Vietnam.
Ronald B. Frankum, Jr., . . . offers a compelling, readable, and concise overview of a complex, intricate, and long air war, perhaps the dominant aspect of America's longest war. . . . Much of the earlier writing on air war, mine included, reflected passions attached to the controversies we lived. Frankum's writing-thankfully-is devoid of such emotion. Like Rolling Thunder offers a good overview of a complex story bolstered by statistics, informative maps, photographs of the primary weapon systems, and a useful glossary to make sense of the abundant acronyms. The concluding bibliographic essay alone is worth the price of the book. It will be especially useful in undergraduate Vietnam War courses.