LEADER 02995nam 22006131 450 001 9910824059703321 005 20240314030837.0 010 $a1-61251-312-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000412961 035 $a(OCoLC)861525409 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10753931 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11499086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11010986 035 $a(PQKB)10431069 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1340937 035 $a(DLC) 2013018020 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1340937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753931 035 $a(OCoLC)842307641 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000412961 100 $a20130501d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe unseen war $eallied air power and the takedown of Saddam Hussein /$fBenjamin S. Lambeth 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland. :$cNaval Institute Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-54960-5 311 $a1-61251-311-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe road to war -- CENTCOM's air offensive -- The Allies' contribution -- Key accomplishments -- Problems encountered -- Toward a new era of warfare. 330 $aThe Unseen War offers a comprehensive assessment of the air contribution to the three weeks of major combat that ended the rule of Iraq's Saddam Hussein in 2003. Unlike in the earlier instance of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the role of allied air power in the nation's second war against Iraq was not apparent to most observers, since the land offensive began concurrently with the air offensive and the overwhelming majority of the reporters who accompanied allied forces into combat were embedded with ground units. Even today, the air war history of Operation Iraqi Freedom remains largely unreported, despite the fact that American air assets, aided substantially by the air contributions of the United Kingdom and Australia, played a key role in enabling the prompt achievement of the coalition's immediate campaign goals. Lambeth's work fills a long-standing gap in the literature on modern warfare by telling that story of the role of airpower for the first time in the fullest detail. 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xAerial operations, American 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns 606 $aAir power$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xAerial operations, American. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xCampaigns. 615 0$aAir power 676 $a956.7044/348 700 $aLambeth$b Benjamin S$0904730 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824059703321 996 $aThe unseen war$94073984 997 $aUNINA