عنوان

Turning the vertical flank :

Erroneous ISBN

1585661082

Erroneous ISBN

9781585661084

Number

b787022

Number

D 301.26/6:2004000332

Title Proper

Turning the vertical flank :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

airpower as a maneuver force in the theater campaign /

First Statement of Responsibility

Robert P. Givens.

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

1 online resource.

Series Title

CADRE paper ;

Volume Designation

no. 13

Text of Note

"June 2002."

Text of Note

Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 3, 2003).

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

Text of Note

Functions of a maneuver force -- 1973 Yom Kippur War -- 1972 Easter Offensive -- Normandy Campaign.

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"The question of airpower's role in a theater campaign is hotly debated among the services and their supporters. This study then seeks to answer the question, to what extent can airpower function as a maneuver force in a theater campaign? The U.S. Air Force suggests that airpower is a maneuver force and implies that the evidence of 1991 Persian Gulf War validates this claim. Critics of this argument claim that the conditions of the Gulf War were so unique that they make any analysis of airpower's potential to be a maneuver force irrelevant. Therefore, this study takes a broad historical approach to the issue. It begins by examining warfare from ancient Greece to the American Civil War in order to determine the essential functions of a maneuver force. It then examines three air operations in reverse chronological order: Airpower employment in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War; the use of airpower in conjunction with South Vietnamese ground forces to frustrate the Communist Easter Offensive of 1972; and finally, operations against the Wehrmacht during the 1944 Normandy campaign. This study's evidence suggests that airpower can function as a maneuver force and therefore should be tasked as such. If airpower is a maneuver force, it can greatly enhance the joint theater campaign both independently and in cooperation with other maneuver forces."

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Text of Note

Mode of access: Internet from the Air University Press web site. Address as of 10/3/03: http://aupress.au.af.mil/CADRE%5FPapers/PDF%5FBin/givens.pdf; current access is available via PURL.

Title

Turning the vertical flank : airpower as a maneuver force in the theater campaign

Parallel Title

Airpower as a maneuver force in the theater campaign

Air power.

Air warfare.

Maneuver warfare.

Tactics.

Unified operations (Military science)

Air power.

Air warfare.

Maneuver warfare.

Tactics.

Unified operations (Military science)

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Givens, Robert P.

Air University (U.S.)., Press.

Date of Transaction

20201207004521.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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