The Resource Airmen without portfolio : U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain, John Carver Edwards ; foreword by Robert Lee Scott
Airmen without portfolio : U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain, John Carver Edwards ; foreword by Robert Lee Scott
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- Summary
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- Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, this work chronicles the lives and military careers of 12 American mercenary pilots who flew for the Spanish Republican government against the combined air forces of Nationalist Spain, Italy, and Germany. Drawing upon the memoirs of these aviators and appropriate secondary scholarship, the author examines each U.S. flyer's political and personal motivation for opposing Fascism as the world prepared
- for World War II. His findings are as surprising as they are varied. This book also offers an insightful glimpse into the day-to-day lives of these airmen at the squadron level during their eight month tour in Spain. It describes their interaction with their Spanish and Russian comrades, the types of aircraft they flew, the skill and resourcefulness of the enemy pilots they dogfought, the international repercussions of their presence abroad, and the hostile treatment
- they would incur from their own government
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 150 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780275957421
- Label
- Airmen without portfolio : U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain
- Title
- Airmen without portfolio
- Title remainder
- U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain
- Statement of responsibility
- John Carver Edwards ; foreword by Robert Lee Scott
- Subject
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- Air pilots, Military -- Spain -- Biography
- Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
- Americans -- Spain -- Biography
- Americans -- Spain -- Biography
- Biographies
- Air pilots, Military -- Spain -- Biography
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Aerial operations
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, American
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, this work chronicles the lives and military careers of 12 American mercenary pilots who flew for the Spanish Republican government against the combined air forces of Nationalist Spain, Italy, and Germany. Drawing upon the memoirs of these aviators and appropriate secondary scholarship, the author examines each U.S. flyer's political and personal motivation for opposing Fascism as the world prepared
- for World War II. His findings are as surprising as they are varied. This book also offers an insightful glimpse into the day-to-day lives of these airmen at the squadron level during their eight month tour in Spain. It describes their interaction with their Spanish and Russian comrades, the types of aircraft they flew, the skill and resourcefulness of the enemy pilots they dogfought, the international repercussions of their presence abroad, and the hostile treatment
- they would incur from their own government
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Edwards, John Carver
- Dewey number
- 946.081
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DP269.4
- LC item number
- .E38 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Air pilots, Military
- Air pilots, Military
- Americans
- Air pilots, Military
- Americans
- Spain
- Spain
- Label
- Airmen without portfolio : U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain, John Carver Edwards ; foreword by Robert Lee Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-137) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 35138372
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 150 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780275957421
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96029350
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Label
- Airmen without portfolio : U.S. mercenaries in Civil War Spain, John Carver Edwards ; foreword by Robert Lee Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-137) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 35138372
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 150 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780275957421
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96029350
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
Subject
- Air pilots, Military -- Spain -- Biography
- Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
- Americans -- Spain -- Biography
- Americans -- Spain -- Biography
- Biographies
- Air pilots, Military -- Spain -- Biography
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Aerial operations
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, American
- History
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