| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history |
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Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome |
| Summary |
"A study of the influence of fighter pilot culture and the technological development of the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft and the ensuing debates surrounding national defense strategy in the 1970s and 1980s"-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Design of the F-15 and F-16, Air Force fighter jet technology, Fighter pilot culture, John Boyd, The military reform movement, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 07, 2022) |
| Subject |
Fighter planes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Fighter pilots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Eagle (Jet fighter plane) -- History
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F-16 (Jet fighter plane) -- History
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HISTORY / Military / Aviation
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Eagle (Jet fighter plane)
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F-16 (Jet fighter plane)
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Fighter pilots
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Fighter planes
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021023405 |
| ISBN |
9781501760662 |
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1501760661 |
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9781501760679 |
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150176067X |
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