The Linebacker Raids: The Bombing Of North Vietnam, 1972

More bombs fell on North Vietnam from May to December of 1972 than were absorbed by any other country in history. "Linebacker I" dropped 150,000 tons of bombs from May to October, while "Linebacker II" delivered 20,000 tons during eleven days in December. Yet the bombings did not bring the North Vietnamese to their knees. In riveting detail and masterful scope, an expert in air history shows how the bombings were successful by conventional tactical standards, but undermined by the failures of political and military planners, the South Vietnamese government--and an enemy capable of surviving with its infrastructure in a shambles. 240 pages, 55 b/w illus., 6 1/2 x 9 1/2.