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Thomas Alexander HughesPublication Details
BookFree Press1995Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) D756.5.N6 H84 1995 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Over Lord is the fascinating story of how American tactical air power was developed by General Elwood “Pete” Quesada during World War II, including its decisive role in Operation OVERLORD and the liberation of Europe. At war’s end everybody from General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower to ordinary infantrymen recognized Pete Quesada as the premier expert and dogged patron of close air support. As the Cold War deepened, Air Force leaders stressed the role of big bombers flying deep into enemy territory and renounced the importance of close air support missions. America’s belated rediscovery of Quesada’s precepts some forty years later in conflicts like Operation DESERT STORM only underscores the importance of Quesada’s story. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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