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Ideas, Concepts,                Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1961-1984, vol.                IIRobert Frank Futrell
1991, 136 pages                ISBN: 1-58566-039-6                $9.00

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In this volume, the author traces the new directions that                Air Force strategy, policies, and thinking took during the Kennedy                administration, the Vietnam War, and the post-Vietnam period. Futrell outlines                how the Air Force struggled with President Kennedy's redefinition of national                security policy and Robert S. McNamara's managerial style as secretary of                defense. He describes how the Air Force argued that airpower should be used                during the war in Southeast Asia. He chronicles the evolution of doctrine and                organization regarding strategic, tactical, and airlift capabilities and the                impact that the aerospace environment and technology had on Air Force thinking                and doctrine.

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