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Officers in Flight Suits: American Fighter Pilots Korean War by JD Sherwood HCDJ
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- ISBN
- 9780814780381
- Publication Year
- 1996
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Officers in Flight Suits : the Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 19.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 247 Pages
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Sherwood recounts the story of American Air Force pilots in the Korean War and the development of a lasting fighter-pilot culture The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15, American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed virtually every major town and city in North Korea, demolished its entire crop irrigation system and killed close to one million civilians. The self-confidence and willingness to take risks which defined the lives of these men became a trademark of the fighter pilot culture, what author John Darrell Sherwood here refers to as the flight suit attitude. In Officers in Flight Suits, John Darrell Sherwood takes a closer look at the flight suit officer's life by drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and personal papers as well as interviews with over fifty veterans who served in the Air Force in Korea. Tracing their lives from their training to the flight suit culture they developed, the author demonstrates how their unique lifestyle affected their performance in battle and their attitudes toward others, particularly women, in their off-duty activities.
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Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-10
0814780385
ISBN-13
9780814780381
eBay Product ID (ePID)
213325
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Officers in Flight Suits : the Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
247 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds920.2.U5s53 1996
Reviews
"quite brilliantly reveals not only Roosevelt's beliefs and views, but shows the different ways European immigrant writers rejected his enthusiastic insistence that they conform to his American narrative."-Journal of American Ethnic History,, "An extraordinary synthesis of social and military history which throws new light on the story of the air combat in Korea." - Ronald H. Spector, author ofAfter Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam, Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offer-and won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews., "Sherwood provides a definitve account of Air Force pilots, their training, operations and battles, in the Korean War." - Virginia Pilot ,, An extraordinary synthesis of social and military history which throws new light on the story of the air combat in Korea., Sherwood provides a definitve account of Air Force pilots, their training, operations and battles, in the Korean War., Sherwood paints a vivid and realistic portrait of the culture of Korean War pilots, examining the motivations, their methods, and the effect that being a fighter pilot had on their personal lives., "Sherwood paints a vivid and realistic portrait of the culture of Korean War pilots, examining the motivations, their methods, and the effect that being a fighter pilot had on their personal lives." - Air Force, "Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offer-and won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews." -Journal of American History, "Sherwood provides a definitve account of Air Force pilots, their training, operations and battles, in the Korean War." -Virginia Pilot, "An extraordinary synthesis of social and military history which throws new light on the story of the air combat in Korea." -Ronald H. Spector,author of After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam, "Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offer-and won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews." - Journal of American History ,, "Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offer-and won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews." - Journal of American History, Sherwood thoroughly documents the superb performance of air force fighter pilots during the Korean War. They met the best pilots China and the Soviet Union had to offerand won. In doing so, the author has competently mined the extensive documentary resources of the Air Force History and Museums Program and made constructive use of memoirs and interviews., 'e�Sherwood provides a definitve account of Air Force pilots, their training, operations and battles, in the Korean War.'e� - Virginia Pilot, An extraordinary synthesis of social and military history which throws new light on the story of the air combat in Korea.'e� -Ronald H. Spector,author of After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam|9780814780381|, "Sherwood provides a definitve account of Air Force pilots, their training, operations and battles, in the Korean War." - Virginia Pilot, "An extraordinary synthesis of social and military history which throws new light on the story of the air combat in Korea." - Ronald H. Spector, author of After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam, "Sherwood paints a vivid and realistic portrait of the culture of Korean War pilots, examining the motivations, their methods, and the effect that being a fighter pilot had on their personal lives." - Air Force ,, " Rough Writing is much more than a fascinating account of the little-known relationship between an American president and the immigrant authors whose work he promoted in the service of a new national narrative. Meticulously researched and lucidly written, Rough Writing enables us to see a vital period in American literature through new eyes." - Laura Browder, author of Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities, "Sherwood paints a vivid and realistic portrait of the culture of Korean War pilots, examining the motivations, their methods, and the effect that being a fighter pilot had on their personal lives." -Air Force
Copyright Date
1996
Topic
Military / Korean War, Military / United States, Military
Lccn
96-010021
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
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