The hunter killers : the extraordinary story of the first Wild Weasels, the band of maverick aviators who flew the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War
(2015)
By:
Hampton, Dan
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
959.704348/HAMPTON,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xi, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062375131, 006237513X, 9780062375131, 006237513X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Spring high -- Hitchhiker in a hailstorm -- Wild Weasel -- Charlie and SAM -- Hunter killers -- Make mud, not war -- A full day's work -- Year of the Monkey -- Warts on a frog -- Winds of change -- Death from above -- Appendix A. Wild Weasel combat losses, Vietnam-- 1965-1973 -- Appendix B. Aircraft loss tables -- Appendix C. The Bamboo Dragon : background notes on Ho Chi Minh, France, and the origins of the Vietnam War