عنوان

War from above the clouds :

(Number (ISBN

1585661074

(Number (ISBN

9781585661077

Number

b746078

Title Proper

War from above the clouds :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine /

First Statement of Responsibility

William P. Head.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Air University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2002.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 138 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Fairchild paper,

ISSN of Series

1528-2325

Text of Note

"Air University Library."

Text of Note

"July 2002."

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-129) and index.

Text of Note

Airpower theory and doctrine in the 1950s -- Development of the B-52 Stratofortress -- Air Force theory and doctrine in the 1960s -- Keeping a historical account -- Menu bombing -- Commando hunt operations -- Air Force theory and doctrine in the early 1970s -- Air Force doctrine after Vietnam.

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Text of Note

"Dr. Head examines B-52 operations in Vietnam and how the air war affected airpower doctrine and theory. He examines the evolution of this awesome manned strategic weapon in Vietnam to see how the structure of the B-52's originally intended mission altered--if at all--the theories of airpower first put forward by Giulio Douhet and William "Billy" Mitchell. Dr. Head analyzes how this same operational alteration affected official USAF doctrine first formulated by Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces leaders before and during World War II, later modified in the 1950s after the US Air Force became a separate service. Dr. Head contends that the lack of a definitive test for the theory that airpower decisively affects the outcome of war continued during the Vietnam or Second Indochina War."--AU Press web site.

Title

War from above the clouds : B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine

Parallel Title

B-52 operations during the Second Indochina War and the effects of the air war on theory and doctrine

United States.-- History.

United States.

Air power-- United States.

Air warfare.

B-52 bomber.

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

Air power.

Air warfare.

B-52 bomber.

Military operations, Aerial-- American.

United States.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Head, William P.,1949-

Date of Transaction

20201204061650.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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