Managing Command and Control in the Persian Gulf War

by Sanford S. Terry, Thomas C. Hone, Mark D. Mandeles, et al.

During Desert Shield, the Air Force built a very complicated organizational architecture to control large numbers of air sorties. During the air campaign itself, officers at each level of the Central Command Air Forces believed they were managing the chaos of war. Yet, when the activities of the many significant participants are pieced together, it appears that neither the planners nor Lt. Gen. Charles A. Horner, the Joint Force Air Component Commander,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275952614
• ISBN13: 9780275952617
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"