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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot

Myth, Life and Politics

A. Smith (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2000
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-77898-2 (ISBN)

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This work rediscovers Britain's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War. It traces the myth of an "ace with one eye", examining how Mannock has been represented in both biography and in fiction, and asks why he is still commemorated today. The author suggests Mannock's tactics drew on his socialist beliefs, and argues that older, more experienced pilots were comfortable with the new technology and thus best equipped to fight the war in the air.

ADRIAN SMITH is a Senior Lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of Southampton New College. He has written and published widely on modern British history, including The New Statesman Portraits of a Political Weekly 1918-1931 (1996) and he is co-editor of Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press 1896-1996.

Map: Mick Mannock's Western Front Introduction A Pre-war Education, 1888-1914 Preparing for War, 1914-1917 40 Squadron, 1917-1918 74 and 85 Squadrons, 1918 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.12.2000
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Military and Strategic History
Zusatzinfo	2 black & white illustrations, biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	462 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-333-77898-7 / 0333778987
ISBN-13	978-0-333-77898-2 / 9780333778982
Zustand	Neuware