Over Lord: General Pete Quesada and the Triumph of Tactical Air Power in World War II - Hardcover

Hughes, Thomas Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0029153514 ISBN 13: 9780029153512

Publisher: Free Press, 1995

Synopsis

A chronicle of the development of American tactical air power in World War II reveals the crucial role of General Elwood "Pete" Quesada and his air-ground team that dislodged Hitler's forces by using aircraft to support ground troops.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Alexander Hughes is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the department of history at Ohio State University.

From Library Journal:

A key to the successful Allied invasion at Normandy was the effective and responsive use of air power. Here, Hughes (history, Ohio State Univ.) describes not only the tours of duty that made Gen. Pete Quesada a military leader?a story fascinating in its own right?but also sketches a vivid picture of the birth of this new military tactic. Hughes describes how Quesada's career in the army prepared him to become one of the best men for the job of developing and carrying out the new military tactic of close air support. He also explains the evolution of what would become in the modern era nothing less than the birth of the fledgling concept of combined arms. Direct communications, joint planning, and the use of liaison officers were refinements that had to be tested in smaller actions leading up to D-Day. A sweeping history told thoroughly, logically, and well, this book is of major importance to students of military tactics and World War II.?Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0029153514
• ISBN 13: 9780029153512
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380