A01=Bill Barry
Author_Bill Barry
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vietnam air force
Product details
- ISBN 9780786439249
- Weight: 299g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Oct 2008
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time.
The routine and risk of daily airlift operations and the differing air bases are discussed--and colored with personal memories.
Cargo included everything from elephants to dancing girls, and accidents and errors were all part of the mission. The author describes the work as a "history-based, humorous, satirical, and bitter recount of a major national wasted effort," with commentary on American attitudes, the costs and the lingering social impact of the war. Photographs. Index.
Bill Barry spent 20 years in the Air Force as a C-130 navigator, war planner and NATO intelligence officer and later served as an army missile contractor. His articles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the U.S. Naval War College Review and Vietnam and World War II periodicals.
