1914, ISBN: 0297841602

[SR: 7061247], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustra… Mehr…

[SR: 7061247], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Aces High serves to remind us that, if not an entirely scrupulous politician, nor a perfect husband, Alan Clark really was a superb military historian. There has evolved something of a myth about the war in the air between 1914-1918. The myth goes that, while in the filth and gore of the trenches below, any idealism and chivalry quickly sputtered and died in the purer air above; the last noble heroes battled with each in one-to-one dogfights like knights of old. It is a myth that Clark shoots down in flames, with characteristic iconoclasm. One of the great RFC aces was Mick Mannock, famed for his encounter with a training instructor, out in a formation of six with five of his very green-horned pupils. Mannock first shot down the instructor and then ruthlessly pursued each of the novices and shot them down one by one. This wasn't chivalry, it was war, and although more elegant to watch, it was every bit as lethal as Passchendaele. The book is also superbly illustrated; there is a photograph of another ace, Albert Ball, who died at the age of 20. Here he is in black and white, looking like Rupert Brooke, only more handsome, clean- shaven, eager, boyish ... and quietly murderous. It is an image both troubling and unforgettable--much like the book. --Christopher Hart, 271431, World War I, 271411, Military History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 271412, Air Forces, 882510, Armed Forces, 271411, Military History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772008, World War I 1914-1918, 771718, World History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 10959971, Battles & Campaigns, 10960041, Alamein, 10960051, Arnhem, 10960071, Battle for Berlin, 10960021, Battle of Britain, 10960031, Battle of the Atlantic, 10960111, Battle of the Bulge, 10960061, Burma, 10959991, D-Day Landings, 10960001, Dunkirk, 10960121, Hurtgen Forest, 10960171, Iwo Jima, 10960091, Kursk, 10960101, Monte Cassino, 10959981, Pearl Harbour, 10960011, Stalingrad, 10960081, Tunis, 10959961, World War II 1939-1945, 771718, World History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

1999, ISBN: 0297841602

[SR: 9642014], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], 1999-05-13, Weidenfeld Nicol… Mehr…

[SR: 9642014], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], 1999-05-13, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Aces High serves to remind us that, if not an entirely scrupulous politician, nor a perfect husband, Alan Clark really was a superb military historian. There has evolved something of a myth about the war in the air between 1914-1918. The myth goes that, while in the filth and gore of the trenches below, any idealism and chivalry quickly sputtered and died in the purer air above; the last noble heroes battled with each in one-to-one dogfights like knights of old. It is a myth that Clark shoots down in flames, with characteristic iconoclasm. One of the great RFC aces was Mick Mannock, famed for his encounter with a training instructor, out in a formation of six with five of his very green-horned pupils. Mannock first shot down the instructor and then ruthlessly pursued each of the novices and shot them down one by one. This wasn't chivalry, it was war, and although more elegant to watch, it was every bit as lethal as Passchendaele. The book is also superbly illustrated; there is a photograph of another ace, Albert Ball, who died at the age of 20. Here he is in black and white, looking like Rupert Brooke, only more handsome, clean- shaven, eager, boyish ... and quietly murderous. It is an image both troubling and unforgettable--much like the book. --Christopher Hart, 271431, World War I, 271411, Military History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 771718, World History, 12447629031, Civilisation & Culture, 12447630031, Cold War, 278066, Discovery & Exploration, 772016, Maritime History & Piracy, 275899, Revolutions & Coups, 772066, Slavery, 276593, Women in History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 0297841602

[SR: 7204209], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustra… Mehr…

[SR: 7204209], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780297841609], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Book, [PU: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated], Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, Aces High serves to remind us that, if not an entirely scrupulous politician, nor a perfect husband, Alan Clark really was a superb military historian. There has evolved something of a myth about the war in the air between 1914-1918. The myth goes that, while in the filth and gore of the trenches below, any idealism and chivalry quickly sputtered and died in the purer air above; the last noble heroes battled with each in one-to-one dogfights like knights of old. It is a myth that Clark shoots down in flames, with characteristic iconoclasm. One of the great RFC aces was Mick Mannock, famed for his encounter with a training instructor, out in a formation of six with five of his very green-horned pupils. Mannock first shot down the instructor and then ruthlessly pursued each of the novices and shot them down one by one. This wasn't chivalry, it was war, and although more elegant to watch, it was every bit as lethal as Passchendaele. The book is also superbly illustrated; there is a photograph of another ace, Albert Ball, who died at the age of 20. Here he is in black and white, looking like Rupert Brooke, only more handsome, clean- shaven, eager, boyish ... and quietly murderous. It is an image both troubling and unforgettable--much like the book. --Christopher Hart, 271431, World War I, 271411, Military History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 271412, Air Forces, 882510, Armed Forces, 271411, Military History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books, 772008, World War I 1914-1918, 771718, World History, 65, History, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<