Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea
Autor David Searsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 oct 2011
In
1951,
James
Michener
went
to
Korea
to
report
on
a
little-known
aspect
of
America’s
stalemated
war:
Navy
aviators.
His
research-inspired,
bestselling
novel
became
perhaps
the
most
widely
read
book
ever
written
about
aerial
combat.
Using
Michener’s
notes,
author
David
Sears
tracked
down
the
actual
pilots
to
tell
their
riveting
true
stories.
The
result,Such
Men
As
These,
brims
with
action-packed
accounts
of
combat,
from
the
icy,
windswept
decks
of
aircraft
carriers
to
the
treacherous
skies
over
Korea,
while
providing
unforgettable
portraits
of
the
pilots
whose
skill
and
sacrifice
made
epic
history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306820106
ISBN-10: 0306820102
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 20 pages of b/w photographs
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306820102
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 20 pages of b/w photographs
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
Notă biografică
David
Sears is
a
former
United
States
Navy
officer
and
the
author
of
four
previous
books,
includingPacific
Air andAt
War
with
the
Wind.
He
lives
in
New
Jersey.
Recenzii
Smithsonian Air & Space magazine,July 2011
“A valuable study of the culture and conduct of the naval air war over North Korea…A fitting addition not only to the literature of the Korean War, but also to the literature emerging in this, the centennial year of U.S. naval aviation.”
Collected Miscellany, 7/8/11
“A great tribute to the U.S. Navy pilots who flew in the ‘Forgotten War.'”
Michigan War Studies Review, 5/16/14
“The author has…done a service to both students and veterans of the Korean War…Sears's account poignantly proves that the pilots faced missions as perilous as those of any infantryman. The narrative…places readers in the cockpit, feeling the sensations and stress of aerial combat…Present-day military personnel will find inSuch Men As Thesemuch that is instructive regarding wartime leadership and the resilience and courage of men fighting a war to which the American public paid little attention.”