an interview with generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited with an introduction by Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 146 p., [3] folded leaves of plates :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
USAF warrior studies
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes index.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Bibliography: p. 133-139.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Preparations for World War II -- World War II : Europe -- World War II : the Pacific -- The late 1940s -- Korean War -- SAC in the 1950s and early 1960s -- The war in Southeast Asia -- Leadership.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The ability of the American air forces to wage war independently and to carry the battle to the enemy's heartland has played a critical role in American air doctrine and military strategy since the 1930s.Generals LeMay, Johnson, Burchinal, and Catton explain their roles in flying and commanding bombing missions and campaigns during World War II, in creating the atomic force in the immediate postwar years, and in building the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s.The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War are also discussed.
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GPO
Stock Number
008-070-00622-7
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Title
Strategic air warfare.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- History.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bombing, Aerial-- United States.
Generals-- United States, Interviews.
Korean War, 1950-1953-- Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945-- Aerial operations, American.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Harahan, Joseph P.
Kohn, Richard H.
LeMay, Curtis E.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
United States., Air Force., Office of Air Force History.