Bomber

"The drastic demobilization following World War II and the onset of the Cold War placed heavy pressure on the US Air Force to project power abroad, establish credible deterrence in a dawning nuclear age, and be prepared to launch retaliatory strikes should that deterrence fail. That challenge was met ably—- but not without growing pains—by Strategic Air Command under Lt Gen Curtis LeMay. Bomber attempts to describe SAC in the context of what was then a new global dynamic, later dubbed the Cold War, showing how it faced the continually evolving challenges of its time. Lessons learned in the development of SAC and the culture that surrounded it can inform twenty-first-century strategies and force planning, once again in an era of budget reductions and evolving global dynamics." --Back cover.