The Jaw of the Dragon - The Thanh Hoa Area in the Vietnam Air War, 1959 – 1972 (August 2025)

Rich with detailed firsthand accounts, interviews, previously unpublished insights, and meticulous research, this book brings to life one of the Vietnam War’s most compelling aerial campaigns. Discover how the battle against the Thanh Hoa Bridge shaped military strategy, tested human courage, and ultimately changed the way wars are fought from the sky.

Over The van Geffen

Theo van Geffen has been an aviation journalist and historian since 1977. He is from Utrecht, The Netherlands.His focus is the history of the F–105 Thunderchief and the units it was assigned to, and of the Air War in Southeast Asia. Mr. van Geffen has flown in USAF aircraft like the B–1B Lancer, EC–130E ABCCC, Century fighters F–101B Voodoo, F–105F, and F–106B Delta Dart, F–15B/D Eagle and the F–16B Fighting Falcon. He was the first program speaker at the THUD-OUT at Hill AFB on February 25, 1984 and one week later he became the last F–105 back seater ever while flying the next to last flyable F–105F to Little Rock AFB. Van Geffen is a contributor editor of the Air Force History Society’s (AFHS) Air Power History.