Category - History
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Fu-go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-...
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Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
HardcoverOriginal price $29.99Original price $29.99 - Original price $29.99Original price $29.99Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen U.S. aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to co...
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The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
PaperbackOriginal price $22.95Original price $22.95 - Original price $22.95Original price $22.95Current price $20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian ...
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Clipped Wings: The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Revives the overlooked stories of pioneering women aviators, who are also featured in the forthcoming documentary film Coming Home: Fight for a L...
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Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In the skies over Burma, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the "Imperial Wild Eagles" of Japan and became immortal as the Flying Tige...
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Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /This is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend—with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, c...
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The Interrogator: The Story of Hanns-Joachim Scharff, Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00Original price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The story of Hanns Scharff, the master interrogator of the Luftwaffe who questioned captured American fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth and Nint...
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Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
HardcoverOriginal price $32.95Original price $32.95 - Original price $32.95Original price $32.95Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle ...
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Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan—the most important strategic bombing ca...
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Fighting Colors: The Creation of Military Aircraft Nose Art
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95Original price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircr...
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The Supersonic BONE: A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber
HardcoverOriginal price $50.00Original price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price $50.00Current price $43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /When the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on defining its successor. The ...
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The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /“A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan...
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The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /*A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!* The New York Post calls The Last Fighter Pilot a "must-read" book. From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin ...
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The Blue Angels
HardcoverOriginal price $32.99Original price $32.99 - Original price $32.99Original price $32.99Current price $27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /Join author Evelyn L. Wheeler as she recounts the origins and history of the Navy's Flight Demonstration Team: The Blue Angels. Every year, more ...
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The Dream Machine: The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the V-22 Osprey, revealing the inside story of the most controversial piece of military hard...
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Us Naval Air Station, Melbourne, Florida World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99$20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /Operational flight training in fighter aircraft in WW II was a highlight for young Navy pilots. The Naval Air Station, Melbourne, Florida was a ...
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The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $13.99 - Original price $13.99Original price $13.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Compared to Casablanca by the Washington Post, The Freedom Line is a page-turning story of a group of resistance workers who secreted downed Alli...
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The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
PaperbackOriginal price $21.99 - Original price $21.99Original price $21.99$21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /From the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes "a rousing tale of little-known heroes" (Booklist).The Few ...
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The Night Stalkers: Top-Secret Missions of the U.S. Army's Special Operations Aviation Regiment
PaperbackOriginal price $16.00 - Original price $16.00Original price $16.00$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /From the New York Times bestselling authors of In the Company of Heroes comes a thrilling account of military aviation for history buffs and “for...
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A Dawn Like Thunder: The True Story of Torpedo Squadron Eight
PaperbackOriginal price $25.99Original price $25.99 - Original price $25.99Original price $25.99Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic effor...
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Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949
PaperbackOriginal price $20.99 - Original price $20.99Original price $20.99$20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /In the early hours of June 26, 1948, phones began ringing across America, waking up the airmen of World War II—pilots, navigators, and mechanics—...
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Winged Warfare: The Experiences of a Canadian 'Ace' of the RFC During the First World War
PaperbackOriginal price $15.00 - Original price $15.00Original price $15.00$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /An ace over the Western Front-in his own words The Canadian author of this book, William Bishop, volunteered for imperial service as a cavalryman...
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Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /In 1951, James Michener went to Korea to report on a little-known aspect of America's stalemated war: Navy aviators. His research-inspired, bests...
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Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99Original price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /In this inspiring account of the Tuskegee Airmen—the country's first African American military pilots—historian J. Todd Moye captures the challen...
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