THOMPSON, Robert, (Sir)

Call No.: K239.0512-268

IRIS No.: 00904184

IRIS Tape No.: no tape

Accessibility: OPEN

Pages/Time: 27pp/no tape

Class: U

Date/Location: August 1969/Columbus, OH

Interviewers: Not applicable

Source: Project CORONA HARVEST Collection

Topics:

(1939-1960) Panel discussion, "Lessons Learned from Application of Air Power in Southeast Asia (SEA); Burma (World War II); Malaya (the emergency); South Vietnam; North Vietnam: British expert on insurgency discusses use of air; key advantage of air transport resupply/mobility; effective interdiction not always assured by air superiority; opposes bombing of North Vietnam; no US grand strategy; enemy aim not military victory but erosion of our will; conflict must be conducted within rules of law; restraints necessary since news media always transforms particular into general, i.e., TV coverage of napalm against noncombatants.-