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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the "Bomber Mafia", asked:...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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A portrait of American fighter pilot John Boyd examines his distinguished military career during the Korean War and his postwar efforts to transform the American military with his revolutionary theories of conflict.
3) Thunderbirds
Publisher
Discovery Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"They are the most highly-skilled pilots in the United States Air Force, a six-man demonstration team that pulls off death-defying aerial maneuvers at incredible speeds of over 600 mph. They have been called both a high-flying roadshow and an air force within an air force. Their job? To inspire new generations of pilots and instill faith and pride in america's military by showcasing just what our modern jet fighters can do."-- Container.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"This little-known WWII story introduces a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. December 1941: Manila is invaded, and US citizen and Philippine Airlines manager, Pappy Gunn, is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. So Gunn was miles away when the Japanese captured his wife and children, placing them in an internment camp where they...
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