History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Aviation History Book Reviews http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:27:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Japanese Aircraft Equipment: 1940-1945 (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/japanese-aircraft-equipment-1940-1945-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japanese-aircraft-equipment-1940-1945-book-review http://www.historynet.com/japanese-aircraft-equipment-1940-1945-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:11:47 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by C.V. Glines
By Robert C. Mikesh
Schiffer Military History, Atglen, Pa., 2004

Why would anyone want to possess a detailed inventory of World War II Japanese aircraft components and equipment? Robert C. Mikesh, a retired Air Force pilot …

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Steve Coates, with Jean-Christophe Carbonel
Classic Publications, Hersham, Surrey, U.K.

Two generations after their inventions first saw the light of day, the marvelous ingenuity of the Third Reich's aviation engineers continues to amaze us. Born during …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/helicopters-of-the-third-reich-book-review.htm/feed 0 The Politics of Air Power (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/the-politics-of-air-power-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-politics-of-air-power-book-review http://www.historynet.com/the-politics-of-air-power-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:11:47 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by C.V. Glines
By Rondall R. Rice
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2005

Rondall R. Rice, the author of The Politics of Air Power, has taken on the daunting task of untangling the perplexity of relations between the U.S. …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-politics-of-air-power-book-review.htm/feed 0 Pappy Gunn (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/pappy-gunn-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pappy-gunn-book-review http://www.historynet.com/pappy-gunn-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:11:47 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by Walter J. Boyne
By Nathaniel Gunn
AuthorHouse, 2004, Bloomington, Ind.

Pappy Gunn is a loving tribute by the youngest son of one of the United States' greatest heroes, one that highlights the humanity of a man who was …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/pappy-gunn-book-review.htm/feed 6 Bushplanes (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/bushplanes-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bushplanes-book-review http://www.historynet.com/bushplanes-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:11:47 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by Walter J. Boyne
By Geza Szurovy
Zenith Press, St. Paul, Minn., 2005

To anyone who looks up with delight at the sound of a radial engine aircraft passing overhead, Bushplanes is a book to be savored, for it …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/bushplanes-book-review.htm/feed 0 North Star Over My Shoulder (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/north-star-over-my-shoulder-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=north-star-over-my-shoulder-book-review http://www.historynet.com/north-star-over-my-shoulder-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:19 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by C.V. Glines
By Bob Buck
Simon & Schuster, New York, 2005

Airline pilot Bob Buck translates a lifetime of flying into a memorable read.

I was the editor of AIRPLANE PILOT magazine, on my way home from a …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/north-star-over-my-shoulder-book-review.htm/feed 0 Polar Extremes: The World of Lincoln Ellsworth (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/polar-extremes-the-world-of-lincoln-ellsworth-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polar-extremes-the-world-of-lincoln-ellsworth-book-review http://www.historynet.com/polar-extremes-the-world-of-lincoln-ellsworth-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:19 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by C.V. Glines
By Beekman H. Pool
University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks

Although few aviation buffs know his name today, Lincoln Ellsworth was a wealthy American with a passion for adventure who dared to challenge the polar regions and …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/polar-extremes-the-world-of-lincoln-ellsworth-book-review.htm/feed 0 The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/the-warthog-and-the-close-air-support-debate-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-warthog-and-the-close-air-support-debate-book-review http://www.historynet.com/the-warthog-and-the-close-air-support-debate-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:19 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by Walter J. Boyne
By Douglas E. Campbell
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2003

Focusing on the development of the A-10 Warthog, a new book gives an inside view of Pentagon politics.

The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate…

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-warthog-and-the-close-air-support-debate-book-review.htm/feed 7 Those Other Eagles: A Companion Volume to Aces High (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/those-other-eagles-a-companion-volume-to-aces-high-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=those-other-eagles-a-companion-volume-to-aces-high-book-review http://www.historynet.com/those-other-eagles-a-companion-volume-to-aces-high-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:19 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by Walter J. Boyne
By Christopher Shores
Grub Street, London, 2004

There are some authors whose name alone is sufficient reason to buy a book, and Christopher Shores is surely one of these. Shores is a leader in that …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/those-other-eagles-a-companion-volume-to-aces-high-book-review.htm/feed 0 Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber (Book Review) http://www.historynet.com/valkyrie-north-americans-mach-3-superbomber-book-review.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=valkyrie-north-americans-mach-3-superbomber-book-review http://www.historynet.com/valkyrie-north-americans-mach-3-superbomber-book-review.htm#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:19 +0000 HistoryNet Staff Reviewed by Walter J. Boyne
By Dennis R. Jenkins and Tony R. Landis
Specialty Press, North Branch, Minn., 2004

A new book by Dennis R. Jenkins and Tony R. Landis, Valkyrie: North American's Mach 3 Superbomber (Specialty Press, North Branch, …

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