Masters of the air : America's bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany / Donald L. Miller.
"Masters of the Air is the story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden and describes the terrible cost of bombing for the German people."--BOOK JACKET.
Record details
- ISBN: 0743235444
- ISBN: 9780743235440
- Physical Description: viii, 671 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-642) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue : The bloody Hundredth -- 1. The Bomber Mafia -- 2. Eaker's amateurs -- 3. The dangerous sky -- 4. Airman down! -- 5. The anatomy of courage -- 6. Teach them to kill -- 7. The bells of hell -- 8. Men at war -- 9. The turning -- 10. Liberated skies -- 11. The fatal trap -- 12. Prisoners of the Swiss -- 13. My bellyful of war -- 14. The wire -- 15. Terror without end -- 16. The chimneys hardly ever fall down -- 17. A pageant of misery -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Noes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 940.54 MIL (Text) | 37810435131684 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
