Overview
Tilford exposes the generals' tunnel-vision. . . . He demolishes the myth that the 1972 ‘Christmas bombing' brought Hanoi to its knees . . . . His controversial thesis is that the bombing of the North and the interdiction campaign against the Ho Chi Minh Trail were in no way decisive and that USAF leadership obtusely failed to perceive that North Vietnam, an agricultural nation, was simply not susceptible to strategic bombing.— Publishers Weekly """". . . . hard hitting study on the failure of American air power in the Vietnam War . . . . The acute intellectual content of the book and the author's engaging writing style make the book easy to recommend.""""— Armed Forces Journal International
Full Product Details
Author: Earl H. Tilford, Jr. ,
Caroline F. Ziemke
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Imprint: Texas A & M University Press
Volume: No. 30
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.456kg
ISBN: 9781603441261
ISBN 10: 1603441263
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 28 February 2009
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Tilford exposes the generals' tunnel-vision.... He demolishes the myth that the 1972 'Christmas bombing' brought Hanoi to its knees.... His controversial thesis is that the bombing of the North and the interdiction campaign against the Ho Chi Minh Trail were in no way decisive and that USAF leadership obtusely failed to perceive that North Vietnam, an agricultural nation, was simply not susceptible to strategic bombing. - Publishers Weekly .... hard hitting study on the failure of American air power in the Vietnam War.... The acute intellectual content of the book and the author's engaging writing style make the book easy to recommend. - Armed Forces Journal International
"""Tilford exposes the generals' tunnel-vision.... He demolishes the myth that the 1972 'Christmas bombing' brought Hanoi to its knees.... His controversial thesis is that the bombing of the North and the interdiction campaign against the Ho Chi Minh Trail were in no way decisive and that USAF leadership obtusely failed to perceive that North Vietnam, an agricultural nation, was simply not susceptible to strategic bombing."" - Publishers Weekly "".... hard hitting study on the failure of American air power in the Vietnam War.... The acute intellectual content of the book and the author's engaging writing style make the book easy to recommend."" - Armed Forces Journal International"""
Author Information
EARL H. TILFORD JR. was an Air Force officer from 1969 to 1989, serving during the Vietnam War in Thailand as an intelligence officer. A resident of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, he is writing a history of the University of Alabama in the 1960s.
