Never pretty enough to please her gorgeous mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval--even marry a man she doesn't love. Lt. Walter Novak--fearless in the cockpit but hopeless with women--takes his last furlough at home in California before being shipped overseas. Walt and Allie meet at a wedding and their love of music draws them together, prompting them to begin a correspondence that will change their lives. As letters fly between Walt's...

Whirlwind is the only book to examine in depth the human drama behind the most important bombing campaign in history. While the air war against Nazi Germany has been covered in-depth by many books, Barrett Tillman, a renowned authority on military aircraft and the air war in the Pacific, is the first to tackle the air war against Japan. For decades, historians and politicians have debated whether or not Japan was on the verge of surrender in August...

Chronicle of the U.S. 8th Air Force's daylight bombing campaign over Europe during World War II, from its genesis to the end of the war.

The dramatic story of three WWII paratroopers lost behind enemy lines. Desperately trying to regroup with the Allied Forces, their commitment to the Airborne Creed urges them forward, and proves that a few good men can change a war.

Pt. 1. "Pilots proclaimed it the hottest fighter of World War II. The famous Lightning claimed its name by birthright: it was the first fighter to top 400 miles per hour! Warbird pilot Jeff Ethell takes you along on a mission in this incredible turbocharged, twin-engined interceptor"--Container. Pt. 2. "Wounded in a crash landing, pilot Richard Brown wanted so badly to continue to fly, he kept his leg injury a secret. Young pilot Art Thorsen had a...

"By the summer of 1966, the U.S. Air Force's reputation had hit rock bottom in Vietnam. In 1972 the two Linebacker campaigns joined with other air operations to make a dramatic, although temporary, difference. While they unleashed powerful B-52 area bombers, the campaigns also demonstrated the efficacy of newly developed laser-guided precision bombs." "Drawing upon twenty years of research in classified records, Wayne Thompson integrates operational,...

Tells the story of Horner's brilliant command of U.S. and Allied troops during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated-- and controversial--military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid.