Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia

A biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that drove decision-making, Flying Camelot deftly engages both popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the foundations of the Pentagon and Congress

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1. Verfasser: Hankins, Michael W. 1982- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
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Zusammenfassung:A biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that drove decision-making, Flying Camelot deftly engages both popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the foundations of the Pentagon and Congress
FLYING CAMELOT -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- 2. "You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much)" -- 3. What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- 4. "The Right Fighter" -- 5. "The Lord's Work" -- 6. Writing Heresy -- 7. "Zealots of the Classic Variety" -- 8. Kicking Vietnam Syndrome -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xiii, 256 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:9781501760655

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