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Title: On Yankee Station: The Naval Air War over Vietnam by John B. Nichols, Barrett Tillman, Stephen Coonts ISBN: 1-55750-495-4 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Required reading
Comment: This book on the naval air war over Vietnam should be required reading not only for all military pilots, but for every military and civilian official who is involved in planning strategy, tactics, or military weapon procurement.
But don't get the idea it's a boring book; besides giving the reader a clear view of what happened in the air over Vietnam, the author makes his points in a very readable fashion, not by preaching but by simply pointing out what we did, and why we could have done so much better -- in the conduct of the war, in providing better (often SIMPLER) equipment, and in better training.
It's definitely worth obtaining from an out-of-print dealer or from your library. Even if you have no connection with the military, this will expand your understanding of that period in US history.
Rating: 5
Summary: A masterwork of objective analysis.
Comment: This work is a clear-headed, no holds barred look at the Vietnam air war from the naval perspective. Don't let its even tone fool you. It cuts to the bone and damns by simple observation, with no need for editorializing by the authors. It points up the facts, fictions, failures and achievements of the naval air war against North Vietnam in a quick, easy style, with superb organization and excellent supporting material in the appendices. Any student of the Vietnam air war who misses this title is not a serious person. It is required reading on the subject, and should be complemented by Marshal Michel's "Clashes" for the USAF side of the story.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you were there, it will tell you what you did!
Comment: I was LCDR meteorologist on USS Coral Sea during the same period as CDR Nichols. Through his book, I am able to understand many of the discrepancies in aerial warfare that I saw and did not understand at the time. I saved several to many pilots lives with my "not too optomistic" forecast during the "cratchin conditions" in the winters in Tonkin Gulf in 66 and 67. If I can locate CDR Nichols, I will personally shake his hand. I visited Vietnam, and Hanoi in 1995, and found absolutely no hostility, and found very little battle damage. After all, I briefed many Alfa strikes to Hanoi and I wanted to see what we had done, My daughter now lives in Hanoi and her husband is building a luxery hotel for western tourist and Japanese tourist. She lives on a Hanoi cul-de-sac and all the neighbors are very friendly and they share food, baby sitting and shopping sprees. Isn't it funny how the times change? I love it... Wildbill
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Title: The Eleven Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle by Marshall L., III Michel ISBN: 1893554244 Publisher: Encounter Books Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam 1965-1972 by Marshall L. III Michel ISBN: 1557505853 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
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Title: 100 Missions North: A Fighter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War by Ken Bell, Ken, Brig, Ge ISBN: 1574886398 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus ISBN: 1588341038 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Cheating Death: Combat Air Rescues in Vietnam and Laos by George J. Marrett ISBN: 1588341046 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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