Author: Earle E. Partridge
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Category : Air interdiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Gen. Earle E. Partridge
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786255650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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Three distinguished USAF Generals offer their wisdom on Aerial Interdiction. In the long evolution of American air power in the twentieth century the professional experiences and judgments of these senior air leaders are both representative and instructive. Over one hundred years of military service are contained in this oral history interview, almost all of it concerned with the application of a new kind of military force—air power—to the oldest of military questions: how to defeat enemy armies. In discussing their experiences in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, these men focus on those air campaigns which have come to be considered classics of air interdiction: in World War II, Operation Strangle in Italy, March-May 1944, and operations in support of the Normandy Invasion, April-June 1944; in the Korean War, all campaigns, especially Operation Strangle, May-October 1951; in the Vietnam War, the air interdiction part of the Rolling Thunder air campaign, March 1965-November 1968, the air campaign in Southern Laos, 1965-1972, and especially the air interdiction portions of Linebacker I and II, May-October and December 1972. In addition, the discussion turns in the latter stages to the impact of electronics—laser guided weapons, electronic suppression devices, drone air planes, and immediate air intelligence—on air interdiction operations. Generals Partridge, Smart, and Vogt offer definitions, clarifications, examples, generalizations, and advice. Their purpose, and that of the Office of Air Force History, is to further the dialogue among military professionals so that the past can help us to meet the challenges of the future.

Author: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428993312
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Author: United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History
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Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Stanley Sandler
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813157218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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The Korean War has been termed "The Forgotten War" or the "Unknown War." It is a conflict which never assumed the mythic character of the American Civil War or World War II. However, this book asserts, it would be impossible to understand the Cold War and indeed post 1945 global history without knowledge of the Korean War. Providing a history of the Korean peninsula before the war and including a detailed analysis of the fighting itself, The Korean War goes beyond the battlefield to deal with the war in the air, ground attack, and air evacuation. The study also evaluates the contributions of the UN naval forces, the impact of the war on various homefronts and issues such as defectors, opposition to the war, racial segregation and integration, POWs and the media. Recently-released Soviet documents are used to assess the role of China, the Soviet Union, North and South Korea and the allied forces in the conflict. This fascinating work offers a unique analysis of the Korean War and will be invaluable to students of twentieth-century history, particularly those concerned with American and Pacific history.

Author: John Andreas Olsen
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1612345786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 487

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This book combines short military biographies and operational analyses to reveal how the personalities, attitudes, and life experiences of twelve outstanding U.S. airmen shaped the central air campaigns in American history. These case studies illuminate the character of these airmen, the challenges they confronted in widely disparate armed conflicts, and the solutions that they crafted and implemented. Their achievements proved decisive not only in the campaigns they led, but also in shaping the U.S. Air Force and the dominant role of airpower in modern warfare.

Author: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)
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Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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