http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xi, 612 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
"An examination of the effectiveness of American air power--air superiority, aerial refueling, airlift, close air support, reconnaissance, and coercion & interdiction--during the Vietnam War"--
Aerial refueling: the air war's operational foundation -- Achieving air superiority by destroying enemy aircraft on the ground -- Pursuing air superiority in the presence of antiaircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles -- Air superiority by shooting down MiGs -- Punch and Counterpunch -- The imagined weapon : immature technology -- Air superiority refinements 1968-1972 -- Air superiority efforts during Linebacker -- Technology, organization, and management of the air superiority mission -- Air superiority during Linebacker II -- Photo reconnaissance : significance for strategy and policy -- Airlift effectiveness -- The effectiveness of air strikes against ground forces -- Air coercion and air interdiction effectiveness over Southeast Asia -- Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail become the focus of the air ampaign -- Restrictions and rules of engagement during the air campaign -- The Easter offensive and the revolution in bombing accuracy -- Toward another confrontation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-588) and index.
Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2022]