The Last Dogfight
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the vast, unforgiving skies of the Pacific Theatre, two master fighter pilots are locked in a deadly personal war that transcends the broader conflict raging below — The Last Dogfight chronicles the brutal and intimate aerial duel between an American ace and his equally formidable Japanese adversary, a battle driven as much by pride, survival, and obsession as by national duty. Martin Caidin, drawing on his unparalleled expertise in aviation and military history, constructs a taut and viscerally authentic narrative that puts the reader in the cockpit, throttle forward, with every roll and dive rendered in precise, pulse-pounding detail. Caidin was one of the foremost authorities on aviation in American literature, and this novel stands as a testament to his ability to fuse technical mastery with deeply human storytelling — the dogfight becomes a crucible in which questions of honour, mortality, and the nature of an enemy are ruthlessly tested. The result is a gripping work of military fiction that refuses to glorify war while simultaneously capturing its terrible, magnificent intensity. Who will survive the final pass — and at what cost?
Author: Martin Caidin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the vast, unforgiving skies of the Pacific Theatre, two master fighter pilots are locked in a deadly personal war that transcends the broader conflict raging below — The Last Dogfight chronicles the brutal and intimate aerial duel between an American ace and his equally formidable Japanese adversary, a battle driven as much by pride, survival, and obsession as by national duty. Martin Caidin, drawing on his unparalleled expertise in aviation and military history, constructs a taut and viscerally authentic narrative that puts the reader in the cockpit, throttle forward, with every roll and dive rendered in precise, pulse-pounding detail. Caidin was one of the foremost authorities on aviation in American literature, and this novel stands as a testament to his ability to fuse technical mastery with deeply human storytelling — the dogfight becomes a crucible in which questions of honour, mortality, and the nature of an enemy are ruthlessly tested. The result is a gripping work of military fiction that refuses to glorify war while simultaneously capturing its terrible, magnificent intensity. Who will survive the final pass — and at what cost?