Within Limits: The U.S. Air Force and the Korean War - Softcover

Thompson, Wayne; Nalty, Bernard C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410220168 ISBN 13: 9781410220165

Verlag: University Press of the Pacific, 2005

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Reseña del editor:

Despite American success in preventing the conquest of South Korea by communist North Korea, the Korean War of 1950-1953 did not satisfy Americans who expected the kind of total victory they had experienced in World War II. In that earlier, larger war, victory over Japan came after two atomic bombs destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in Korea five years later, the United States limited itself to conventional weapons. Even after communist China entered the war, Americans put China off-limits to conventional bombing as well as nuclear bombing. Operating within these limits, the U.S. Air Force helped to repel two invasions of South Korea while securing control of the skies so decisively that other United Nations forces could fight without fear of air attack.

Biografía del autor:

Award-winning writer Wayne Thompson, the team s first beat writer for The Oregonian and a fixture on press row for more than 2,000 Trail Blazers games, explores the unique bond between the team, its fans, and the city of Portland. A senior writer for the Portland Trail Blazers, Thompson has written for such magazines as Time, Fortune, and The Sporting News, and is the former sports editor at The Oregonian.

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• Verlag: University Press of the Pacific
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1410220168
• ISBN 13: 9781410220165
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 60