Aérospatiale

The Role of Airpower in Guerrilla Warfare World War II: Project No. AU-411-62-ASI

1962 · réf. 67236 — Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama: United States AIr University Aerospace Studies Institute 1962. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. Pencil erasure residue on t-p. Errata sheet stapled to t-p verso. Cover has some wear and soiling. iii 264 p. Includes: diagrams maps bibliography. Footnotes. Fold-out organizational charts. Author continues: "Concepts Division." This is an underrecognized but critically seminal work produced at the time the United States involvement in the Vietnam War was ramping up. It was an early analysis of the role of air power in insurgency/guerrilla warfare situations. As a product of the Aerospace Studies Institute of the Air University it was available to a broad range of field grade officiers to senior USAF leadership. This study was concerned with those aspects of guerrilla operations during the Second World War that related to the use of airpower ot either support guerrilla or counterguerrilla roles during the 1940-1945 time period. It examples the application of air poser by analyzing guerrilla campaigns. The study identified areas of effective applicaiton of air power as well as those where air power was not as effective as desired. AIr Supply was a signifcant element in the application of air power. Additionally specific aircraft characteristics were relevant and in some cases determinant with respect to the selection and application of specific air tactics. United States, AIr University, Aerospace Studies Institute paperback