Can I read Clashes : air combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972 on EtoBox?

Clashes : air combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972 by Marshall L Michel, III, 1942- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Clashes : air combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972 about?

viii, 340 pages ; 24 cm A retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and Vietnam veteran makes full use of recently declassified U.S. documents in this first comprehensive study of fighter combat over North Vietnam. His balanced, exhaustive coverage describes and analyzes both Air Force and Navy engagements with North Vietnamese MiGs while simultaneously discussing the SAM threat and U.S. countermeasures, laser-guided bombs, and U.S. attempts to counter the MiG threat with a variety of technologies Accessible yet professional, Clashes is filled with valuable lessons that are as valid today as they were in the 1960s and 1970s. Some sixty-five photographs, tables, pie charts, maps, and diagrams of American and North Vietnamese formations and tactics are included Beginning with the first air-to-air engagements of Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965, Marshall Michel describes the initial American successes against the MiGs and the stunning turn of events in late 1967 when the North Vietnamese began shooting down more U.S. aircraft than they lost. He explains how in 1968, at the end of Rolling Thunder, the U.S. Air Force ignored problems with their tactics, formations, and missiles, while the U

Who reads Clashes : air combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972?

Author

Marshall L Michel, III, 1942-

Publisher

US Naval Institute Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781557505859

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.11 / 5 (44 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14