Author: Richard SavagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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A modern corsair
Author: Richard SavageA Modern Corsair
Author: Richard Henry SavagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Corsair
Author: Walter A. MuscianoPublisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764332326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
"This book describes the development of the legendary F4U Corsair, and follows it into battle from Guadalcanal to the Indian Ocean, Central Pacific Ocean, Korea, Africa, and Central America, and throughout its lengthy military career into Korea. Also included are chapters on the most decorated Corsair pilots, surviving examples of various models, as well as detailed appendices, and the author's own detailed line schemes and maps. A total of 2,814 F4U-1, F4U-1A, and F4U-2 Corsairs were constructed and delivered. Musciano's book describes how this naval fighter was transformed to perform a myriad of functions for which it was never intended."--P. [2] of cover.
F4U Corsair
Author: Nicholas A. VeronicoPublisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 9780879388546
Category : Political Science
Languages : da
Pages : 144
Book Description
F4U Corsair Veronico, Campbell & Campbell. The formidable gull-wing F4U Corsair was flown in WWII and Korea by such legendary aces as ôPappy" Boyington, ôIke" Kepford, and ôTommy" Blackburn, by top squadrons such as the ôBlack Sheep" and the ôJolly Rogers." This famous fighter aircraft is profiled in-depth in this detailed combat history, based almost entirely on interviews with the pilots who fought Zeros and MiGs high over Pacific and Korean battlegrounds. A complete developmental history of all US and foreign variants. Sftbd., 9"x 10 1/2", 144 pgs., 89 b&w ill., 44 color.
The Modern SLUF Guide
Author: MelampyA Modern Corsair
Author: Richard SavageUS Navy A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War
Author: Peter MerskyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782005374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Arriving on station with the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in early December 1967, the first Corsair II squadron became operational immediatedly and sustained its first combat loss three weeks later. This book tells how the A-7 soon proved its worth supporting ground operations in South Vietnam. As it continued to serve in the ground support role, the navy swiftly introduced the A-7E which soon ran into difficulties with supply lines perhaps on account of what many perceived to have been a rushed introduction to service. Once these teething problems were resolved, the A-7E became the primary air-to-ground aircraft of the fleet.
A Modern Corsair
Author: Richard SavageCaptives and Corsairs
Author: Gillian WeissPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804777845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Captives and Corsairs uncovers a forgotten story in the history of relations between the West and Islam: three centuries of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousands of French subjects and citizens in North Africa. Through an analysis of archival materials, writings, and images produced by contemporaries, the book fundamentally revises our picture of France's emergence as a nation and a colonial power, presenting the Mediterranean as an essential vantage point for studying the rise of France. It reveals how efforts to liberate slaves from North Africa shaped France's perceptions of the Muslim world and of their own "Frenchness". From around 1550 to 1830, freeing these captives evolved from an expression of Christian charity to a method of state building and, eventually, to a rationale for imperial expansion. Captives and Corsairs thus advances new arguments about the fluid nature of slavery and firmly links captive redemption to state formation—and in turn to the still vital ideology of liberatory conquest.
A modern corsair
Author: Richard Henry SavagePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 127
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