Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot - Myth, Life and Politics

Zusatztext "Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History Informationen zum Autor Andrew Smith is Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Glamorgarr. Klappentext Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander. Zusammenfassung Mick Mannock! Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess! tactical initiative! and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map: Mick Mannock's Western FrontIntroduction to the Second Edition 1. Introduction 2. A Pre-war Education, 1888-1914 3. Preparing for War, 1914-1917 4. 40 Squadron, 1917-1918 5. 74 and 85 Squadrons, 1918 6. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: A Smith, A. Smith, Adrian Smith
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.04.2001
• EAN: 9781349418053
• ISBN: 978-1-349-41805-3
• Seiten: 225
• Serien: Studies in Military and Strategic History; Studies in Military and Strate; Studies in Military and Strategic History
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Europäische Geschichte, B, Britain, Research, Literature, Technology, European History, Westeuropa, Ingenieurswesen, Maschinenbau allgemein, popular science, military history, Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft, Engineering: general, Technology and Engineering, Literature, general, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, Popular Science in Technology, Europe—History, History of Military