The unseen war : allied air power and the takedown of Saddam Hussein / / Benjamin S. Lambeth

• Autore: Lambeth Benjamin S
• Pubblicazione: Annapolis, Maryland. : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.7044/348
• Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Aerial operations, American; Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns; Air power - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The road to war -- CENTCOM's air offensive -- The Allies' contribution -- Key accomplishments -- Problems encountered -- Toward a new era of warfare.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The unseen war
• ISBN: 1-61251-312-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824059703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II