Ethell, Jeffrey, and Price, Alfred
New York, N.Y. Random House, 1989. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 217, [3] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Includes Authors' Note, Acknowledgments, and The Witnesses. Also includes Prologue: Southeast Asia, Spring 1972, March 30-May 9; Chapters include Morning, May 10, Midnight--7:A.M.; Target Haiphong, 6:45-9:15 A.M.; The Action Around Hanoi, The Opening Phase, 8:00--9:50 A.M.; The Action Around Hanoi, the Opening Phase, 8:00--9:50 A.M.; The Action Around Hanoi, Softening the Defenses, 9:40-10:00 A.M.; The Action Around Hanoi, the Paul Dourer Bridge Strike, 9:55--11:30 A.M.; The Action over Hi Dung, 11:00 A.M.--2:15 P.M.; The Afternoon Action, and Later, 3:15 P.M.--Midnight; Man on the Run, May 11--June 2; The May 10, 1972, Action Analyzed; Afterward; and Conflicting Evidence. Also includes Glossary; Appendix A: Aircraft Types in Action on May 10, 1972; Appendix B: 8th Tactical Fighter wind F-4 Crews Who Took Part in Attacks on the Hanoi Area of May 10, 1972; Appendix C: O.S. Navy Task Groups off North Vietnam on May 10, 1972; Appendix D: North Vietnamese fighter and Antiaircraft defense Units on May 10, 1972. The authors record firsthand accounts of almost one hundred eyewitnesses, analyzes cockpit voice recordings, and draws from official documents, many declassified for the first time, to tell this story. This book is a definitive reconstruction of the most intensive air combat day of the Vietnam conflict. More