John Darrell Sherwood
Autor de Fast Movers
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John Sherwood holds a Ph.D. in history from The George Washington University. A native of Massachusetts, he now lives in Washington, D.C. He is Official Historian of the United States Naval Historical Center.
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Fast Movers por John Darrell Sherwood
A good book that covers the US Airforce, Navy and POW experience in Vietnam. It covers the differences between the two services, how they operated and how they treated their aircrews. Most of the book is about the later stages of US involvement in the early 1970's and only a bit about the 1960's. Having said that it is well worth reading if your interesting in that period of the air war in South East Asia.
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.… (más)
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.… (más)
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- 6
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- 139
- Popularidad
- #147,351
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- 3.6
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- 2
- ISBNs
- 19