Tilford earl (43 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light bumps, pages toned around edges, and shelf wear.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Softcovers; corners bumped and light creasing of upper corner of leaves; o/w in good condition. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. DJ Fine. A fresh, like-new copy. Size: Large Octavo.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Good condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy, in a good readable condition.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (United States, Air Force, Vietnam War) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Zustand: As New. 1996. Paperback. "Paperback ~ Fine clean copy with tight binding, clean and crisp pages, nearly as new. OCLC(OCoLC)ocm34307876 "February 1, 1996." Introduction / Earl H. Tilford, Jr. -- The global security environment / Steven Metz -- Russia and the Commonwealth of Indepe". Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . . …

Zustand: As New. 1996. Paperback. "Paperback ~ Fine clean copy with tight binding, clean and crisp pages, nearly as new. OCLC(OCoLC)ocm34307876 "February 1, 1996." Introduction / Earl H. Tilford, Jr. -- The global security environment / Steven Metz -- Russia and the Commonwealth of Indepe". Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Address sticker on back cover. Cover corners and top of spine are lightly bumped. 308 pages with index and illustrations.

Zustand: New. In English.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Second Printing [stated]. xx, 308 pages. Includes Disclaimer, Foreword, About the Author, Preface, Notes. and Index. Also includes 35 black and white illustrations in the text. Topics covered include In the Time of Atomic Plenty; Situations of a Lesser Magnitude; Rolling Thunder and the Diffusion of Heat; "However Frustrated We Are"; "It was a Loser"; and Completing the Setup. Earl H. Tilford, Jr., was a military officer; historian; professor of history. Born August 17, 1945, St. Petersburg, Florida. Education-University of Alabama, B.A., M.A., 1969; George Washington University, Ph. D., 1984. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1869-89; retired as major. Associate professor of history, Troy State University in Montgomery, 1990-91; professor of military history, U. S. Air Force Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base; director of research, U. S. Army Strategic Studies Institute; Member American Historical Society, Society for Military History, U. S. Naval Institute. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal; the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry; the Hoyt S. Vandenburg Award for Educator of the Year, U. S. Air Force,1992. Outside the context of traditional Air Force concepts and hidebound-institutional assumptions, the author provides in this volume the sort of critical self-appraisal of USAF strategy in Vietnam. Tilford is not squeamish about demolishing the myths that abound concerning the air war in Southeast Asia. He is forthright in challenging both the USAF's strategic tunnel vision and the cherished misconceptions of many civilian historians whose criticisms of the air war in Vietnam are long on politics and short on facts. The Integrity of Dr. Tilford's research, his knowledge of air power theory and technology, and his expertise as a historian, all contribute to a high quality effort that proves, among other things, that neither the Air Force nor its civilian critics have yet secured a monopoly on truth. American military professionals, especially the U.S. 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. In his analysis of the air war against North Vietnam, Tilford presents one overwhelming lesson : that USAF strategic bombing doctrine is ethnocentric and Eurocentric, and is conceived utterly without regard to important cultural and political variations among potential adversaries . This lesson, more than any other, is one that today's Air Force must learn if it is to establish any relevance in a post-cold war world in which the global, superpower war for which it has planned almost exclusively since 1945 becomes an evermore remote possibility. Whatever the Air Force's operational role in the twenty-first century turns out to be, it seems likely that an air technocracy geared toward fighting a general war against a modern, industrialized major power will become even less relevant than it proved to be in Korea and Vietnam. At the very least, the Air Force of the future will do well to heed Dr. Tilford' s other major conclusion that because war is more than sortie generation and getting ordnance on targets, statistics are a poor substitute for strategy.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 252 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. xx, 308 pages. Notes. Maps. Includes 35 black and white illustrations. Some yellow highlighting noted. Includes Disclaimer, Foreword, About the Author, and Preface. Topics covered include In the Time of Atomic Plenty; Situations of a Lesser Magnitude; Rolling Thunder and the Diffusion of Heat; "However Frustrated We Are"; "It was a Loser"; Completing the Setup;' and Index. Earl H. Tilford is a military historian and fellow for the Middle East & terrorism. Dr. Tilford retired from the Air Force in 1989 after a career that included tours as an intelligence officer in Thailand and at Headquarters, Strategic Air Command. Dr. Tilford, the author of this book, is not squeamish about demolishing the myths that abound concerning the air war in southeast Asia. He is forthright in challenging both the USAF's strategic tunnel vision and the cherished misconceptions of many civilian historians whose criticisms of the air war in Vietnam are long on politics and short on facts. The integrity of Dr. Tilford's research, his knowledge of air power theory and technology, and his expertise as a historian all contribute to a high quality effort that proves, among other things, that neither the Air Force nor its civilian critics have yet secured a monopoly on truth. In terms of resources allocated, the Vietnam War was primarily an air war. Approximately half the $200 billion spent on the war supported aerial operations; 8 million tons of bombs fell and over 8,500 aircraft were lost between 1961 and 1975. For all that, while air power was occasionally pivotal, it was never decisive, and America's defeat in Vietnam can be construed as a defeat for air power. The failure of air power resulted from deficiencies inherent in doctrine and weaknesses in leadership. For a variety of reasons, the Air Force, which dropped over 6 million tons of bombs, has not faced up to the implications of its defeat. Presumed First Edition, later (1993) printing.…

Zustand: Used. pp. 376 Illus.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.61 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Used. pp. 376, Abbreviation.

Trade paperback. ix, map, 212 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliographic Note. Index Fair. No dust jacket. Spine torn at bottom.