| Author | Futrell, Robert Frank.
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| Title | The United States Air Force in Korea : 1950-1953 / by Robert Frank Futrell.
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| Edition | First edition. |
| Published | New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, c1961.
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| Description | xxi, 774 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-673) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The first six days of Communist aggression -- Plans and preparations -- Drawing the battleline in Korea -- In defense of the Pusan perimeter -- Victory in South Korea -- The strategic bombing campaign -- On to the Yalu -- Two months of defeat and retreat -- Air superiority was the key to victory -- Air campaigns against Communist logistics -- Air-ground operations on the field of battle -- Armistice talks make a new phase of Korean hostilities -- The Communists seek air superiority -- Ten months of comprehensive railway interdiction -- Toward an air-pressure strategy -- A summer and autumn of air-pressure -- Air reconnaissance, transport, and rescue support the United Nations forces -- Sustained air pressure operations -- Airpower achieves United Nations military objectives -- Air mission accomplished.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Official U.S. Air Force history of the Korean War.
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| Subjects | Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Aerial operations.
United States. Air Force. Far East Air Forces.
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| LC Card Number | 61-16831 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: DS 920.2 U5 F996 1961
CA-1903294: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 71576] |
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