Strategic air warfare
Subtitle: an interview with generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. Catton
By: edited with an introduction by Richard H. Kohn and Joseph P. Harahan.
Contributors: LeMay, Curtis E.; Kohn, Richard H.; Harahan, Joseph P.; United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History.
Series: USAF warrior studies
Publisher: Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: United States. Air Force -- History.; Bombing, Aerial -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Aerial operations, American.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.; Generals -- United States -- Interviews.
Description: The ability of the American air forces to wage war independently and to carry the battle to the enemy's heartland has played a critical role in American air doctrine and military strategy since the 1930s. Generals LeMay, Johnson, Burchinal, and Catton explain their roles in flying and commanding bombing missions and campaigns during World War II, in creating the atomic force in the immediate postwar years, and in building the Strategic Air Command in the 1950s. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War are also discussed.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 133-139.
Includes index.