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Weapons of choice : the development of precision guided munitions
- Title
- Weapons of choice : the development of precision guided munitions / Paul G. Gillespie.
- Author
- Gillespie, Paul G., 1962-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xii, 218 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Paul G. Gillespie is Associate Professor and Director of Military History at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-212) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The roots of precision guidance -- 3. Air power in the aftermath of World War II -- 4. Making pinpoint accuracy a reality -- 5. Vietnam : precision guided munitions come of age -- 6. The aftermath of Vietnam : Gulf War and peacekeeping -- 7. Policy implications -- 8. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0817315322 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817353534 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006006864
- 9780817315320
- 9780817353537
- OCLC
- OCM64442894
- SCSB-5277303
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries