The Ragged, Rugged Warriors
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:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the desperate, smoke-choked skies of the Pacific in the early days of World War II, a band of outnumbered, outgunned American pilots waged a ferocious and largely forgotten air war against the Imperial Japanese forces — and The Ragged, Rugged Warriors chronicles their extraordinary struggle with gripping, unflinching detail. Martin Caidin reconstructs the chaotic theatre of early Pacific air combat, from the shock of Pearl Harbor through the grinding attrition of the Philippines, Java, and Burma, presenting a vivid portrait of men who flew obsolete aircraft against a technically superior enemy, relying on grit, improvisation, and sheer audacity to survive. Caidin, one of America's foremost aviation historians and authors, brings his signature authority and meticulous research to bear on a chapter of the war that history has often overshadowed, detailing the tactical realities, mechanical hardships, and human costs borne by these pioneer fighter pilots. His prose is muscular and immediate, placing the reader in the cockpit and communicating both the terror and the fierce camaraderie of aerial warfare. This illustrated edition adds a further dimension of authenticity — leaving the reader to wonder how many more untold acts of heroism remain buried beneath the vast archive of the Second World War.
Author: Martin Caidin
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the desperate, smoke-choked skies of the Pacific in the early days of World War II, a band of outnumbered, outgunned American pilots waged a ferocious and largely forgotten air war against the Imperial Japanese forces — and The Ragged, Rugged Warriors chronicles their extraordinary struggle with gripping, unflinching detail. Martin Caidin reconstructs the chaotic theatre of early Pacific air combat, from the shock of Pearl Harbor through the grinding attrition of the Philippines, Java, and Burma, presenting a vivid portrait of men who flew obsolete aircraft against a technically superior enemy, relying on grit, improvisation, and sheer audacity to survive. Caidin, one of America's foremost aviation historians and authors, brings his signature authority and meticulous research to bear on a chapter of the war that history has often overshadowed, detailing the tactical realities, mechanical hardships, and human costs borne by these pioneer fighter pilots. His prose is muscular and immediate, placing the reader in the cockpit and communicating both the terror and the fierce camaraderie of aerial warfare. This illustrated edition adds a further dimension of authenticity — leaving the reader to wonder how many more untold acts of heroism remain buried beneath the vast archive of the Second World War.