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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Darrell Sherwood |
ISBN: | 081479842X 9780814798423 |
OCLC Number: | 53951264 |
Description: | x, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Navy operations against Laos : the story of Shangri-La's last cruise, 1970 -- 2. Double anchors : the naval flight officer experience, 1968-1972 -- 3. The POW experience from 1969 to 1973 : unity over self -- 4. Navy mining operations and the triumph of the Bengals : crossing the Rubicon -- 5. Air-to-air combat, 1972 : the making of the MiG killer -- 6. The Easter Offensive and Linebacker. |
Responsibility: | John Darrell Sherwood. |
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"This is history at its best. Sherwood provides at once a whole new understanding of the final stages of the air war in Vietnam and a thrilling volume of valor and adventure in naval aviation."-, -John Lehman,secretary of the Navy 1981-1987, and author of On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy "Sherwood's history of the Navy's post-1968 air operations in Southeast Asia and the culture of naval aviators who flew those missions is a must read for military professionals, scholars, journalists, and the interested public."-, -Charles J. Gross,author of American Military Aviation: The Indispensable Arm "Sherwood not only provides an excellent overview of the Navy's air operations, but more important, he gives the reader a cockpit's eye view of this epic struggle. Anyone interested in understanding the naval air war in Vietnam as it was really fought needs to read this book."--Congressman Randy Cunningham "At times as thrilling as a Tom Clancy novel, Afterburner is more compelling, as the story told is non-fiction. I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in the Vietnam War, Naval Aviation, or simply the heroism of Americans at war."-, -James Reckner,Director, The Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University Read more...


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