Brassey's air combat reader / edited by Walter J. Boyne and Philip Handleman

Boyne, Walter J. (ed.)

ISBN 10: 1574881825 / ISBN 13: 9781574881820

Published by Washington ; London : Brassey's, 1999

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; Physical desc.: xii, 339p ; 24cm. Notes: Includes index. Subject: Air warfare - History - Military biography. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brassey's air combat reader / edited by Walter J. Boyne and Philip Handleman
• Publisher: Washington ; London : Brassey's
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574881825
• ISBN 13: 9781574881820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

Brassey's Air Combat Reader is an anthology of some of the century's best writing from around the world on the topic of air combat, collected by noted aviation writers Walter J. Boyne and Philip Handleman.
Each of the twenty-eight excerpts is introduced and placed into historical and technical context by Boyne or Handleman, who explain for the layperson some of the more arcane aspects of military aviation.

About the Author

Walter J. Boyne is a former USAF pilot as well as a prolific, best-selling aviation author of both fiction and nonfiction. The former director of the National Air and Space Museum, he is a world-renown authority on aviation history. Philip Handleman is a pilot and owner of vintage aircraft, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, an aviation photographer, and the author of numerous aviation books.