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" Setup : "
by Earl H. Tilford, Jr.
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BL
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988433
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b742803
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| Main Entry
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Tilford, Earl H.
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| Title & Author
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Setup : : what the Air Force did in Vietnam and why /\ by Earl H. Tilford, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. :: Air University Press :Washington, DC :: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., US G.P.O.,, 2003, 1991.
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1 online resource (xx, 308 pages :: illustrations)
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1585660388
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9781585660384
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| Notes
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"June 1991."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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In the time of atomic plenty -- Situations of a lesser magnitude -- Rolling thunder and the diffusions of heat -- "However frustrated we are" -- "It was a loser" -- Completing the setup.
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| Abstract
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American military professionals, especially the US Air Force, have had a difficult time understanding their role in this nation's defeat in Vietnam. Dr Tilford provides a critical self-analysis and questions the underlying assumptions of the Air Force's strategy in Southeast Asia. He argues that we must understand what went wrong in Vietnam and why and not manipulate the record and paint failure as victory. He explains what led to the "setup," which not only resulted in a failure for airpower but also contributed to the fall of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to Communist forces in 1975.
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United States.-- History-- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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United States.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975-- Aerial operations, American.
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Luftwaffe
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Military operations, Aerial-- American.
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Vietnamkrieg
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USA.
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DS558.8.T55 2003
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