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“American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953” by Conrad C. Crane
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Having just become an independent service in 1947, the Korean War was the US Air Force’s first opportunity to prove its strategies on the battlefield absent the Army’s thumb. Crane’s historical account covers a fledgling service in the midst of an identity crisis: Strategic Air Command’s (SAC) bombing strategy vs. Tactical Air Command’s (TAC) air interdiction strategy. This intra-service division drove mixed targeting strategies and a need to differentiate between limited and total warfare. Crane’s account is easy to read but does not provide much detail in terms of the chronological events of the Korean War. Despite that, it delivers a good thematically organized account which illustrates the success (and failures) of Air Force’s debut conflict.
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Having just become an independent service in 1947, the Korean War was the US Air Force’s first opportunity to prove its strategies on the battlefield absent the Army’s thumb. Crane’s historical account covers a fledgling service in the midst of an identity crisis: Strategic Air Command’s (SAC) bombing strategy vs. Tactical Air Command’s (TAC) air interdiction strategy. This intra-service division drove mixed targeting strategies and a need to differentiate between limited and total warfare. Crane’s account is easy to read but does not provide much detail in terms of the chronological events of the Korean War. Despite that, it delivers a good thematically organized account which illustrates the success (and failures) of Air Force’s debut conflict.