Chasing the Silver Bullet: U.S. Air Force Weapons Development from Vietnam to Desert Storm.(book by Kenneth P. Werrell)(Book Review)

From: Air Power History | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Chasing the Silver Bullet: U.S. Air Force Weapons Development from Vietnam to Desert Storm. By Kenneth P. Werrell. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2003. Photographs. Index. Pp.Vi, 346. $37.95. ISBN 1-58834-116-X

The author states up front (p. 7) that his study attempts to answer two key questions. First, how did the USAF develop and exploit technology during the period 1960 to 1991? And second, how did technology affect USAF performance during that same period? Werrell notes that since its beginnings the Air Force remained riveted to its mission of strategic bombardment ...

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