Table of Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 19
Introduction 23
Chapter 1 The Helicopter Goes to War 35
Chapter 2 Carving a Combat Niche 53
Chapter 3 Helicopter Development 77
Chapter 4 Early Days in Vietnam 106
Chapter 5 Vietnam, 1967: Changes in Scale, Tactics, and Results 136
Chapter 6 The Helicopter as an Instrument of Compassion 158
Chapter 7 Changes in Helicopters, Changes in Warfare 181
Chapter 8 Helicopter Development and Deployment in the U.S.S.R. 209
Chapter 9 Operations in the Near East 230
Chapter 10 Other Wars and the Growth of Foreign Helicopter Technology 249
Chapter 11 The Helicopter Today and Tomorrow 275
Appendix 1 From Before Leonardo da Vinci to 1939: The Development of the Helicopter 300
Appendix 2 Specifications 322
Notes 340
Index 349
