John Darrell Sherwood

Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War

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The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. As a result, the fighter pilots reigned supreme. Korea, then, is the perfect laboratory for studying the culture of fighter pilots, a culture based on self-confidence and risk-taking, one which has promoted what John Darrell Sherwood calls flight suit attitude. In Officers in Flight Suits, Sherwood explores the flight suit officer's life, 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. The book provides an illuminating po… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8147-8110-4
EAN: 9780814781104
Produktnummer: 1543880
Verlag: New York Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Seitenangabe: 247 S.
Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.7 cm 386 g
Auflage: Revised
Gewicht: 386

Über den Autor

John Darrell Sherwood is an official historian with the U.S. Naval Historical Center. He is the author of Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in Korea and Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War, both published by NYU Press. He is also the author of Fast Movers: Aviators and the Vietnam War Experience.