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 Ideas, Concepts,
Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1961-1984, vol.
II
Robert Frank Futrell
1989, 803 pages
ISBN: 1-58566-030-2
$37.00
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In this volume, the author traces the new directions that
Air Force strategy, policies, and thinking took during the Kennedy
administration, the Vietnam War, and the post-Vietnam period. Futrell outlines
how the Air Force struggled with President Kennedy's redefinition of national
security policy and Robert S. McNamara's managerial style as secretary of
defense. He describes how the Air Force argued that airpower should be used
during the war in Southeast Asia. He chronicles the evolution of doctrine and
organization regarding strategic, tactical, and airlift capabilities and the
impact that the aerospace environment and technology had on Air Force thinking
and doctrine.
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