The Failure of Third World Air Power: Iraq and the War with Iran
The Iraqi Air Force failed to live up to its prewar billing during Operation Desert Storm. Touted by many sources as an experienced, aggressive power before the war, Saddam's air force turned out to be quite the opposite. This paper explains why the Iraqi performance in Desert Storm was predictable: Nonindustrialized, third world nations are incapable of fielding a decisive, conventional air force. To illustrate the point, this essay studies Iraq's performance in the war against Iran. During the conflict, the Iraqi air force obtained all the equipment and training money could buy, but after eight years of combat experience it still made only…
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- ISBN: 978-1-249-32813-1
- EAN: 9781249328131
- Produktnummer: 16250075
- Verlag: BiblioScholar
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.7 cm x D1.7 cm 145 g
- Gewicht: 145
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