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Setup
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Tilford, Earl H.
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, DC : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US G.P.O., 1991. - 1 online resource (xx, 308 p.) : ill.
ISBN 9781429458276 (electronic bk.), ISBN 1429458275 (electronic bk.)
United States. Air Force
elektronické knihyTitle statement Setup [elektronický zdroj] : what the Air Force did in Vietnam and why / by Earl H. Tilford, Jr. Main entry-name Tilford, Earl H. Issue data Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press ; Washington, DC : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US G.P.O., 1991. Phys.des. 1 online resource (xx, 308 p.) : ill. ISBN 9781429458276 (electronic bk.) 1429458275 (electronic bk.) Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references and index. Subj. Headings United States. Air Force - History - Vietnam War, 1961-1975. * Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations, American. Form, Genre elektronické knihy UDC (0.034.2:08) Country Alabama Language angličtina URL EBSCOhost Document kind ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Related item Tilford, Earl H. Setup. American military professionals, especially the US Air Force, have had a difficult time understanding their role in this nation's defeat in Vietnam. Dr Tilford provides a critical self-analysis and questions the underlying assumptions of the Air Force's strategy in Southeast Asia. He argues that we must understand what went wrong in Vietnam and why and not manipulate the record and paint failure as victory. He explains what led to the "setup," which not only resulted in a failure for airpower but also contributed to the fall of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to Communist forces in 1975.Loading…
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