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Enduring courage

ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed
Documents the story of the early twentieth-century racecar driver and flying ace, covering such topics as his father's violent death, his physical challenges, his Medal of Honor decoration, and his dramatic postwar experiences.

Bombing Nazi Germany

the graphic history of the Allied air campaign that defeated Hitler in World War II
2013
Graphic novel format that profiles the dramatic story of the joint American-British Allied air war against Nazi Germany throughout Europe during World War II.

Killing machine

the American presidency in the age of drone warfare
2013
Argues that President Obama has expanded the base of presidential power through the use of drone warfare, targeted assassinations, and other tactics.

The man who flew the Memphis Belle

memoir of a WWII bomber pilot
2002
A story of war above 20,000 feet is told by the leader of the first bombing crew to survive twenty-five daylight missions over the danger-filled skies of occupied France and Nazi Germany and return to the United States.

Zero

2002
The story of the Zero, the deadly Japanese fighter plane, including the man who designed it, the men who flew it and the Japanese point of view of the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

World War II pilots

an interactive history adventure
Presents a choose-your-own adventure book in which the reader-player plays as an Allied Air Force pilot during World War II.

The complete encyclopedia of flight

1939-1945
2005
Text and illustrations present airplanes of the World War II era, including structure, specifications, and military history.

Engineers of victory

the problem solvers who turned the tide in the Second World War
2013
Analyzes previously unexplored strategic factors that contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, sharing assessments of ambitious goals successfully pursued by FDR, Churchill, and other attendees at the Casablanca Conference.

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