TY - BOOK AU - NORDEEN Lon O. TI - Air warfare in the missile age SN - 158834083X (hbk.): PY - 2002/// CY - Washington DC PB - Smithsonian Institution Press KW - AFGHANISTAN KW - AIR WARFARE KW - AIR POWER KW - ARAB ISRAELI WARS KW - BALKANS KW - FALKLANDS WAR KW - GULF WAR KW - INDIA PAKISTAN WARS KW - IRAN IRAQ WAR KW - VIETNAM WAR N2 - Covers the evolution of air warfare over the last forty years of the 20th century. A chapter is devoted to the air power aspect of each of twelve major conflicts ranging from Vietnam in the 1960s (Rolling Thunder) to the Balkans conflicts in the 1990s. Appendices compare aircraft and weapons systems of 1965 with those of 2000 ER -