Название: Aerial Interdiction Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars
Автор: Eduard Maximilian Mark
Издательство: Center of Air Force History
Страниц: 444
Формат: PDF в RAR
Размер: 55,7 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Год: 1994
Язык: английский
Author Eduard Mark has done a superb job of recounting the strengths and weaknesses of aerial interdiction efforts in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Starting with the Allied invasion of North Africa, Mark examines how the three-tiered system of Allied air operations was developed (primarily through British influence) and how that system remained in effect throughout the succeeding wars. As the author discusses the various operations in World War II, he is not afraid to state that things did not always go well regarding interdiction efforts and on more than one occasion, airmen could not deliver their promised results. At times, this was crucial, as in Sicily when controversial command decisions coupled with non-effective employment of air and naval assets allowed nearly 40,000 Germans to escape to Italy.