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Archie to SAM - A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air Defense (Paperback)
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Archie to SAM - A Short Operational History of Ground-Based Air Defense (Paperback)
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Dr. Kenneth Werrell's history of ground-based air defense performs
an important service both to scholarship and, more importantly, to
the defense of our nation's freedom. It is perhaps human nature
that we tend over time to lose sight of the lessons of the past,
especially when they do not conform to certain cherished
preconceptions of ours. That such myopia can be dangerous, if not
downright disastrous, Dr. Werrell's study richly illustrates.
Without sentimentalism, he chronicles a pattern of lessons learned
and too quickly forgotten as the marvel of air power was reminded
again and again of its limitations and vulnerability. In Korea and
in Vietnam, the American people were stripped of their illusions of
national and technical omnipotence. The unhappy outcome of those
two conflicts was doubly lamentable because the lessons of World
War II were-or should have been-fresh in our minds. In that world
war, as Dr. Werrell shows, relatively cheap ground-based air
defense did make a difference: at Ploesti, at Antwerp, and at the
Rhine bridges. And it will make a difference tomorrow. The greatest
value of Dr. Werrell's work is that it provides guideposts and
guidance for us as professional soldiers and aviators charged with
upholding American security. We have taken history's lessons to
heart as we plan and program our ground-based air defenses into the
next decade and beyond. In both the forward and the rear areas, we
have emphasized the time-honored principles of mass, mix, and
mobility. No one weapon, not even today's modern aircraft, can do
the job alone. The truism applies with particular force to
antiaircraft defense. And at least one other truism emerges from
Dr. Werrell's and our own studies: effective air defense requires a
joint and combined effort. Our planning has been predicated on the
assumption that counterair will play a central role in safeguarding
our ground forces from air attack. On the ground, the air defense
artillery will count on the cooperation and assistance of our
colleagues in the infantry, armor, and field artillery. On our
success or failure in working together to meet the challenges of
tomorrow will rest our nation's future.
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