Like Rolling Thunder

by Frankum, Ronald Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780742543027
• ISBN10: 0742543021
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Until now there was no overview of the air war in Vietnam and the debate it has produced--a debate in which some historians argue that the U.S. could have won the war if it had employed more air power. Frankum fills this gap by deftly tying together the air campaigns over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

Table of Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations	xi
List of Tables	xiii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xv
Introduction	xvii
The Early Air War	1	(18)
A Gradual Response: The Air War over North Vietnam, 1965--1968	19	(48)
In Command and Control: The South Vietnam Air Campaigns, 1965--1968	67	(44)
The Secret War: The Air War in Laos, 1964--1975	111	(22)
Nixon's Other War: The Air Campaign in Cambodia, 1969--1975	133	(16)
A Year of Decision, 1972	149	(18)
Conclusion	167	(6)
Bibliographical Essay	173	(12)
Appendix: Aircraft Flown in Southeast Asia	185	(10)
Index	195