Air Power And The Ground War In Vietnam

Author : Dr Donald J. Mrozek
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786250131

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Air Power And The Ground War In Vietnam, Ideas And Actions by Dr Donald J. Mrozek Pdf

Ultimately, this study is about a smaller Vietnam War than that which is commonly recalled. It focuses on expectations concerning the impact of air power on the ground war and on some of its actual effects, but it avoids major treatment of some of the most dramatic air actions of the war, such as the bombing of Hanoi. To many who fought the war and believe it ought to have been conducted on a still larger scale or with fewer restraints, this study may seem almost perverse, emphasizing as it does the utility of air power in conducting the conflict as a ground war and without total exploitation of our most awe-inspiring technology. Although the chapters in this study are intended to form a coherent and unified argument, each also offers discrete messages. The chapters are not meant to be definitive. They do not exhaust available documentary material, and they often rely heavily on published accounts. Nor do they provide a complete chronological picture of the uses of air power, even with respect to the ground war. Nor is coverage of areas in which air power was employed—South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam—evenly distributed nor necessarily proportionate to the effort expended in each place during the war. Lastly, some may find one or another form of air power either slightly or insufficiently treated. Such criticisms are beside the point, for the objectives of this study are to explore a comparatively neglected theme—the impact of air power on the ground—and to encourage further utilization of lessons drawn from the Vietnam experience.

Author : Donald J. Mrozek
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015035330912

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Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam by Donald J. Mrozek Pdf

Dr. Mrozek focuses on expectations concerning the impact of airpower on the ground war. He describes some of the actual effects but avoids treatment of some of the most dramatic air actions of the war, such as the bombing of Hanoi. He observes that the application of airpower is influenced by factors far beyond the battlefield.

Author : Brian D. Laslie
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442274358

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Air Power's Lost Cause by Brian D. Laslie Pdf

The first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Filling a substantial void in our understanding of the history of airpower in Vietnam, this book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the air wars in Vietnam. Brian Laslie traces the complete history of these air wars from the beginning of American involvement until final withdrawal. Detailing the competing roles and actions of the air elements of the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force, the author considers the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. He also looks at the air war from the perspective of the North Vietnamese Air Force. Most important for understanding the US defeat, Laslie illustrates the perils of a nation building a one-dimensional fighting force capable of supporting only one type of war. ,

Author : Ian Horwood
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781437923827

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Interservice Rivalry and Airpower in the Vietnam War by Ian Horwood Pdf

Explores the rivalry between the armed services of the U.S. relating to the employment of tactical airpower during the Vietnam War. Not being an American, Horwood is able to put a fresh perspective on this complex issue. This study focuses on tactical airpower in S. Vietnam between 1961 and 1968. Horwood avoids a lengthy discussion of the air war over N. Vietnam, focusing instead on the combat operations in the South. He examines a number of issues which are relevant to the use of airpower in irregular warfare: command and control of airpower, the use of airpower at the tactical and the operational-strategic level of war, the role of helicopters, and different service understandings of the proper role of airpower in a counterinsurgency.

Author : Phil Haun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009364188

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Tactical Air Power and the Vietnam War by Phil Haun Pdf

This book introduces a much-needed theory of tactical air power to explain air power effectiveness in modern warfare with a particular focus on the Vietnam War as the first and largest modern air war. Phil Haun shows how in the Rolling Thunder, Commando Hunt, and Linebacker air campaigns, independently air power repeatedly failed to achieve US military and political objectives. In contrast, air forces in combined arms operations succeeded more often than not. In addition to predicting how armies will react to a lethal air threat, he identifies operational factors of air superiority, air-to-ground capabilities, and friendly ground force capabilities, along with environmental factors of weather, lighting, geography and terrain, and cover and concealment in order to explain air power effectiveness. The book concludes with analysis of modern air warfare since Vietnam along with an assessment of tactical air power relevance now and for the future.

Author : Mark Clodfelter
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803264542

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The Limits of Air Power by Mark Clodfelter Pdf

Tracing the use of air power in World War II and the Korean War, Mark Clodfelter explains how U. S. Air Force doctrine evolved through the American experience in these conventional wars only to be thwarted in the context of a limited guerrilla struggle in Vietnam. Although a faith in bombing's sheer destructive power led air commanders to believe that extensive air assaults could win the war at any time, the Vietnam experience instead showed how even intense aerial attacks may not achieve military or political objectives in a limited war. Based on findings from previously classified documents in presidential libraries and air force archives as well as on interviews with civilian and military decision makers, The Limits of Air Power argues that reliance on air campaigns as a primary instrument of warfare could not have produced lasting victory in Vietnam. This Bison Books edition includes a new chapter that provides a framework for evaluating air power effectiveness in future conflicts.

Author : William W. Momyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Air power
ISBN : UIUC:30112045754352

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Air Power in Three Wars [WWII, Korea, Vietnam] by William W. Momyer Pdf

Author : General William W. Momyer USAF
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786250728

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Air Power in Three Wars: World War II, Korea, Vietnam [Illustrated Edition] by General William W. Momyer USAF Pdf

[Includes over 130 illustrations and maps] This insightful work documents the thoughts and perspectives of a general with 35 years of history with the U.S. Air Force – General William W. Momyer. The manuscript discusses his years as a senior commander of the Air Force – strategy, command and control counter air operations, interdiction, and close air support. His perspectives cover World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Author : John Schlight
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112105175738

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The War in South Vietnam by John Schlight Pdf

United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428982109

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Air power in three wars by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990180

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Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam 1965-1966 by Jacob Van Staaveren Pdf

Of the many facets of the American war in Southeast Asia debated by U.S. authorities in Washington, by the military services and the public, none has proved more controversial than the air war against North Vietnam. The air war s inauguration with the nickname Rolling Thunder followed an eleven-year American effort to induce communist North Vietnam to sign a peace treaty without openly attacking its territory. Thus, Rolling Thunder was a new military program in what had been a relatively low-key attempt by the United States to win the war within South Vietnam against insurgent communist Viet Cong forces, aided and abetted by the north. The present volume covers the first phase of the Rolling Thunder campaign from March 1965 to late 1966. It begins with a description of the planning and execution of two initial limited air strikes, nicknamed Flaming Dart I and II. The Flaming Dart strikes were carried out against North Vietnam in February 1965 as the precursors to a regular, albeit limited, Rolling Thunder air program launched the following month. Before proceeding with an account of Rolling Thunder, its roots are traced in the events that compelled the United States to adopt an anti-communist containment policy in Southeast Asia after the defeat of French forces by the communist Vietnamese in May 1954.

Author : Robert A. Pape
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801471506

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Bombing to Win by Robert A. Pape Pdf

From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy's military strategy, not its economy, people, or leaders. Coercive air power can succeed, but not as cheaply as air enthusiasts would like to believe.Pape examines the air raids on Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq as well as those of Israel versus Egypt, providing details of bombing and governmental decision making. His detailed narratives of the strategic effectiveness of bombing range from the classical cases of World War II to an extraordinary reconstruction of airpower use in the Gulf War, based on recently declassified documents. In this now-classic work of the theory and practice of airpower and its political effects, Robert A. Pape helps military strategists and policy makers judge the purpose of various air strategies, and helps general readers understand the policy debates.

Author : Alejandro Villalva
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811767460

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Thunder Over Vietnam by Alejandro Villalva Pdf

The popular conception of the Vietnam War focuses on the ground war—the soldiers and grunts who humped along jungle trails and fought the Vietcong face to face—but an important part of the war was waged in the skies over Southeast Asia, and indeed many of the war’s most well-known figures were pilots, from John McCain and James Stockdale to the unknown men who unleashed napalm hell and who carried out Curtis LeMay’s “bomb them into the Stone Age” doctrine, Lyndon Johnson’s Rolling Thunder, and Richard Nixon’s Linebacker. This photo book chronicles the U.S. Air Force’s operations in Vietnam, covering the aircraft, munitions, battle damage, and uniforms of Vietnam in the air.

Author : James S. Corum,Wray R. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056942314

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Airpower in Small Wars by James S. Corum,Wray R. Johnson Pdf

The use of airpower in wartime calls to mind the massive bombings of World War II, but airplanes have long been instrumental in small wars as well. Ever since its use by the French to put down rebellious Moroccan tribes in 1913, airpower has been employed to fight in limited but often lengthy small conflicts around the globe. This is the first comprehensive history of airpower in small wars-conflicts pitting states against non-state groups such as insurgents, bandits, factions, and terrorists-tracing it from the early years of the twentieth century to the present day. It examines dozens of conflicts with strikingly different scenarios: the Greek Civil War, the Philippine Anti-Huk campaign, French and British colonial wars, the war in South Vietnam before the American escalation, counterinsurgency in southern Africa, Latin American counterguerrilla operations, and counterinsurgency and counterterrorist campaigns in the Middle East over the last four decades. For each war, the authors describe the strategies employed on both sides of the conflict, the air forces engaged, and the specific airpower tactics employed. They discuss the ground campaigns and provide the political background necessary to understand the air campaigns, and in each case they judge the utility of airpower in its broadest sense. In their historic sweep, they show how forms of airpower evolved from planes to police helicopters, aircraft of the civilian air reserve, and today's unmanned aircraft. They also disclose how small wars after World War II required new strategies, operational solutions, and tactics. By taking this broad view of small-war airpower, the authors are able to make assessments about the most effective and least effective means of employing airpower. They offer specific conclusions ranging from the importance of comprehensive strategy to the need for the United States and its allies to expand small-wars training programs. Airpower in Small Wars will be invaluable for educating military professionals and policy makers in the subject as well as for providing a useful framework for developing more effective doctrine for employing airpower in the conflicts we are most likely to see in the twenty-first century.

Author : Cornell University. Air War Study Group,Norman Thomas Uphoff
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015007033619

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The Air War in Indochina by Cornell University. Air War Study Group,Norman Thomas Uphoff Pdf

En analyse af den amerikanske luftkrig over Indokina i perioden 1965-1971. Analysen er støttet af adskillige videnskabelige institutioner og behandler mange forskellige emner vedr. luftkrigen, herunder krigens økonomi, strategi, psykologi og humanitære forhold.