Tony R. Landis

I've had this monograph sitting around forever and my first impression is that it's held up rather well all things considered. There is some gnashing of teeth that such an advanced machine was allowed to whither on the vine, and some bashing of Bob McNamara's procurement policies, but the authors do admit that by the time the U.S. Army were able to get this machine to work the requirements had changed; what was really wanted was a survivable gunship, as opposed to a high-speed escort. The other thought that comes to mind is that there is a need for a modern overall history of the helicopter gunship.… (altro)