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  • Why Air Forces Fail

    The Anatomy of Defeat

    Includes two new chapters! "One of the more interesting and better books on military aviation to appear in the last few years."— Journal of Military HistorySince the publication of the first edition of Why Air Forces Fail, the debate over airpower's role in military operations has only intensified. Here, eminent historians Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris assemble a team of experts to add ... Leer más

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  • Bede and Aethelthryth

    An Introduction to Christian Latin Poetics

    Series Libro 18 - WV MEDIEVEAL EUROPEAN STUDIES
    Bede and Aethelthryth asks why Christians in Britain around the year 700 enjoyed Latin poetry. What did they see in it? What did they get from it? This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a fifty-line poem by the Venerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth.The reconstruction is hypothetical and derived from grammatical ... Leer más

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  • Hitler's Forgotten Secret Weapon

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    The last great untold story of World War II, the career of Hitler's "Super Fighter" intended to destroy the RAF in the Battle of Britain and why it never succeeded.The super-secret Heinkel He113 fighter was designed to be a high-speed, high-altitude fighter that could outperform, outgun and outfight any other aircraft in the world when it entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1940. ... Leer más

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  • Sharks of the Air

    Willy Messerschmitt and How He Built the World's First Operational Jet Fighter

    "[A] perfect blend of sympathetic career biography and gripping military history . . . a definite winner for all World War II military history buffs" ( Library Journal).In July 1944, the Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet warplane. More than one hundred mph faster than any other aircraft in the skies, the Me 262 gained scores of ... Leer más

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  • Lords of the Sky

    Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16

    de Dan Hampton ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The definitive history of combat aviation and fighter aircraft, from World War I to presentINCLUDES 32 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 12 MAPSLords of the Sky is the “dramatic, fast-paced, and definitive" (Michael Korda) aviation history of fighter pilots and aircraft and their extraordinary influence on modern warfare, masterfully written by "one of the most decorated pilots in Air ... Leer más

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  • The Bear Went Over The Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics In Afghanistan [Illustrated Edition]

    [Illustrated with 52 maps and diagrams]Sixteen years after its commencement and six years after its cessation, the Soviet-Afghan War remains an enigma for Westerners. Set against the backdrop of earlier successful Soviet military interventions in East Germany (1953), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968), and occasional Soviet military pressure on Poland, the stark military power of the Soviet ... Leer más

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  • The First Air War

    1914-1918

    de Lee Kennett ...
    Historian Lee Kennett takes on the vital task of detailing the World War I aviator in this complete overview of the first air war, that Richard P. Hallion calls, "A welcome and long overdue addition to the literature of military aviation.""The whole subject of the first air war is like some imperfectly explored country: there are areas that have been crisscrossed by several generations of ... Leer más

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  • Through Blue Skies to Hell

    America's "Bloody 100th" in the Air War over Germany

    A " surprisingly revealing" look at air combat, combining a WWII bombardier's journal with a present-day perspective ( Aviation News).This comprehensive look at air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II combines firsthand experience with expert analysis. The centerpiece is a mission-by-mission diary of 1st Lt. Richard R. Ayesh, bombardier on a B-17 Flying Fortress, who flew ... Leer más

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  • Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe in World War II

    de Philip Kaplan ...
    This book examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary German fighter aces of World War II. It explains why only a small minority of pilots - those in whom the desire for combat overrode everything - accounted for so large a proportion of the victories. It surveys the skills that a successful fighter pilot must have - a natural aptitude for flying, marksmanship, keen eyesight - and the ... Leer más

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  • The Age of Airpower

    Airpower, more than any other factor, has shaped war in the twentieth century. In this fascinating narrative history, Martin van Creveld vividly portrays the rise of the plane as a tool of war and the evolution of both technology and strategy. He documents seminal battles and turning points, and relates stories of individual daring and collective mastery of the skies.However, the end of airpower's ... Leer más

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  • The Road to Big Week

    de Eric Hammel ...
    THE ROAD TO BIG WEEK: The Struggle for Daylight Air Supremacy Over Western Europe, July 1942February 1944 by Eric Hammel = The Road to Big Week begins with a thorough examination of American development of a strategic bombing doctrine from its earliest conception after World War I. Balancing the demands of the ground armys desire for air support and the visionary outlook of such early Air Corps ... Leer más

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  • V-1 Flying Bomb 1942–52

    Hitler’s infamous “doodlebug”

    Series Libro 106 - New Vanguard
    The first deployment of the V-1 was in June 1944 when, following two years of tests, Hitler gave the order to attack England.Known to the Allies as the "Buzz Bomb" or "Doodlebug", the V-1 was the world's first cruise missile. This book explores the V-1 in detail, from its initial concept, first use in 1944, the various Allied counter-measures, and the later use of the V-1 during the Battle of the ... Leer más

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