| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 266 pages) |
| Contents |
The allure of the flyer -- A man's world -- The flyer in love -- Husbands and fathers -- The flyer and fear -- A darker blue -- The new Achilles? Literature, technology, and violence -- Coming home |
| Summary |
A scholarly study of the men of the RAF and British culture during the war, 'The Flyer' examines the lives of these men and their popular representation in literary and cinematic texts. It illuminates broader issues of gender, class, race, emotional life, and the creation of a national myth in modern Britain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Royal Air Force fast |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military operations, Aerial -- British
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Luftwaffe
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Öffentliche Meinung
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Kampfflieger
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Heroisierung
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008036751 |
| ISBN |
019155720X |
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9780191557200 |
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9781281930750 |
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128193075X |
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