Dr. William P. Head's "War from Above the Clouds: B-52 Operations
during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on
Theory and Doctrine" is an examination of B-52 operations in
Vietnam and how the air war affected airpower doctrine and theory.
His study examines the evolution of this awesome manned strategic
weapon in Vietnam to see how the design of the B-52s original
intended mission altered - if at all - the theories of airpower
first put forward by Giulio Douhet and William "Billy" Mitchell.
Dr. Head also analyzes how this same operational alteration
affected official United States Air Force (USAF) doctrine first
formulated by Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces leaders before and
during World War II - later modified in the 1950s after the USAF
became a separate service. In the aftermath of World War II, airmen
had to reevaluate the old theories. Would the bombers always get
through? The lessons of the war seemed to indicate that the answer
to this question is no, not without long-range fighter escorts such
as the P-47 and P-51.
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