A. Smith

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot

Myth, Life and Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Military and Strategic History
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-50982-6
• 2001
• Seitenzahl: 211
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 137mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9781137509826
• ISBN-10: 1137509821
• Artikelnr.: 41787450

Autorenporträt

Adrian Smith is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK. His many publications include a history of the early New Statesman, a portrait of his native city Coventry, a study of the Ministry of Defence, and a biography of Admiral Lord Mountbatten. Like Mick Mannock his formative years were spent in Canterbury.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

"Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History