The First Helicopter War
Charles R. Shrader
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 1999.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (298 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Illustrations; Note on Translation, Acronyms, and Measurements; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. The Physical Environment; CHAPTER 2. The French Armed Forces in Algeria; CHAPTER 3. French Logistics in Algeria: Supply and Maintenance; CHAPTER 4. French Logistics in Algeria: Transportation; CHAPTER 5. The Algerian National Liberation Front and Its Army; CHAPTER 6. The Logistics of the Algerian Army of National Liberation.; CHAPTER 7. Mobility, Counter-Mobility, and Interdiction; CHAPTER 8. Logistics and Mobility in Algeria, 1954-1962; APPENDICES; Glossary; Selected Bibliography. - Index. - Using recently released French official documents and a variety of other sources, this study explains how the French Army, so recently defeated by the Viet Minh insurgents in Indochina, was able to successfully defeat the Algerian nationalist rebels on the battlefield, while nevertheless losing the war at the conference table. This French success, between 1954 and 1962, was due in large part to the superior logistical system of the French Army and the use of the helicopter to enhance French operational mobility. French counter-mobility measures, particularly the construction of heavily defende
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| ISBN | 0275963888
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