AP 517(S) - Linebacker II

OVERVIEW: Building on the problems in theater, this seminar will expand the analysis with readings on Linebacker I and II. The culmination of the war was a dedicated and hard-hitting strategic bombing campaign against the enemy cities and port facilities. Linebacker I and II are held up as the decisive air actions in the Vietnam War, and continue to be argued as ‘war-winning.’ Did they in fact win the war? Could they have won the war earlier? This seminar will analyze the successes and failures of the campaigns, and the role airpower plays in the final air battles of the Vietnam War.