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The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate Hardcover – 30 Aug. 2003

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The A-10 Warthog is an ugly, slow close air support (CAS) plane that many people believe should never have been built, yet it has proven useful in various conflicts around the globe and remains operational today. As Douglas Campbell explains in this sweeping survey of the CAS mission and the U.S. Air Force, many factors dictate the plane's existence, tumultuous as it is. As an embodiment of the airman's commitment to the soldier, the Warthog fills an important functional niche in the wide spectrum of warfare. But the author describes the A-10 as sitting on a seismic fault-line boundary between the Air Force and the Army, two services whose shifting war fighting philosophies, relationships, and doctrinal visions have affected the plane's fate.

In this story of an underdog and the interaction of military, politics, and technology in America, Campbell leads the reader through CAS history prior to the A-10's inception and then shows how Air Force historical and doctrinal interpretations met a host of contradictory factors, including the Vietnam War and the Army's super attack helicopter, that led to the building of the Warthog. The author uses its turbulent developmental and operational life to highlight a relatively unaddressed part of air combat history, and the book's wide historical scope sets it apart from others on the subject. Fans of the A-10 and those wanting to know more about close air support for American troops will want to read this work.
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    304 pages
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    Naval Institute Press
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    30 Aug. 2003
  5. Dimensions
    16.51 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1557502323
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1557502322
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Douglas N. Campbell flew attack planes for both the U.S. Navy and Air Force and later earned a Ph.D. in military and technology history. He lives in Wyoming where he teaches and writes.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press (30 Aug. 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1557502323
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1557502322
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm
  • Customer reviews:
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BLP
5.0 out of 5 stars The book deals with the history of CAS optimized Aircraft and the A-10 Warthog in particular.
Reviewed in the United States on 17 November 2020
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The book is extensively resaearched and its core arguements well articulated. However, the book is in need of updating for the period 2003 onward
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「ぶんぶん」
2.0 out of 5 stars 近接航空支援とは何かを問う
Reviewed in Japan on 1 August 2004
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近接航空支援に最適な機体は何か、近接航空支援と戦場阻止のバランスはなどの論議を、戦術面だけではなく、政治問題とも絡ませ色々な意見を紹介しており、それはそれで価値がある。しかし、筆者自身の見解は明らかでなく、資料の羅列に終わっている。
写真は第二次世界大戦から現代まで近接航空支援に使用された機体の白黒でサイズの小さいものがあるだけで、Ａ-１０の機体の技術的解説や細部写真はない。
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Ole Bjørsvik
2.0 out of 5 stars Only for procurement historians.
Reviewed in the United States on 8 December 2011
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I understand those who are skeptical to stamp collectors of loose aviation facts, but there has to be a middle ground. Except from some few tens of pages about the early history of the CAS role early in the page, on turned into a long, tedious recount about the Army's struggle with the Air Force, to get a well suited aircraft for the CAS role. There is almost nothing about the choices and thought processes behind the development of this (or these) aircrafts. Not with the development of the tactics. And not with any change in the psychology and attitude with regards to flying this "ugly", subsonic aircraft.
Despite enticing chapter titles, it's just a procurement story. And most of all the political side of it.
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Timothy Miyahara
4.0 out of 5 stars Political History, Not Action/Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2008
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Campbell's history of the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an excellent academic examination of the political and bureaucratic processes involved in the development of both military doctrine and the weaponry to support the doctrine.

This is not a history of the A-10 Warthog in combat. This is the definitive work on the development of a modern, jet propelled Close Air Support (CAS) weapon for the Air Force and new CAS doctrine for the Cold War. The reader seeking an understanding of the political infighting, inter-service rivalries, the procurement process and the difficulties of weapons development associated with the military-industrial complex will be deeply satisfied. The reader looking for action and war stories will not.
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Donald J. Kingsbury
5.0 out of 5 stars what a great read!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on 5 February 2014
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I have read a myriad of books on the military(I have loved anything to do with the Air Force since I went to military camp at Culver) but this great read by Dr. Campbell was such a great find, I read it one sitting.
It is a great read for everyone! Do yourself a favor and buy it, this book will not let the reader down.
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