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War in Pacific skies / Charlie & Ann Cooper ; Bob Rocker, research director ; foreword by Walter J. Boyne ; featuring the aviation art of Jack Fellows.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Charlie, 1933-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
- Airplanes, Military, in art.
- Air warfare in art.
- Aircraft carriers in art.
- World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Zenith Press : MBI Pub. Co., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers the most famous air engagements in WWII's Pacific Theater of Operation in an exquisite and beautiful fusion of art and history. Paintings of acclaimed aviation artist Jack Fellows are supplemented by color maps, previously unpublished photographs, original artwork, and personal accounts. Climb in to the cockpit of some of America's most heralded war birds: the P-38 that carried Richard Bong to his 40 kills and fly along with Paul Tibitts in the "Enola Gay" as it makes its final approach on Hiroshima.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Introductions and Acknowledgments""; ""Prelude to War: Expansion and Isolation""; ""Chapter 1 IMPERIAL JAPAN SEIZES THE OFFENSIVE""; ""Chapter 2 THE END OF THE BEGINNING""; ""Chapter 3 MOVING ON MORESBY""; ""Chapter 4 CACTUS AIR FORCE""; ""Chapter 5 PACIFIC STRATEGY""; ""Chapter 6 OPERATION CARTWHEEL""; ""Chapter 7 ISLAND HOPPING""; ""Chapter 8 CHINA-BURMA-INDIA""; ""Chapter 9 RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES""; ""Chapter 10 VICTORY""; ""POSTLUDE: Pacific Skies""
- ""Appendix: Representative Aircraft�Pacific Theater of Operation, World War II""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781610601214
- 1610601211
- OCLC:
- 1496395046
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