CROSSWINDS
The Air Force's Setup in Vietnam
Published on 28. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-60344-126-1 (ISBN)
Description
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
Reviews / Votes
"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"More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60344-126-1 (9781603441261)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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.