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  • Olga Lengyel, Auschwitz Survivor

    Interdisciplinary Explorations

    by Peter Davies, Hannah Holtschneider, Sheila E. Jelen, Christoph Thonfeld ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book arises out of a long series of conversations about one of the most intriguing, but still under-researched, aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of an individual Holocaust survivor changes through time, through shifting contexts and with increasing age. It comes at this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective, not with the intention to develop a synthetic method but ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 10 - Air Vanguard
    Despite its uncertain start the F-111 proved to be one of the most successful and influential designs of the 1960s.Its radical 'swing wing' was adopted by the F-14 Tomcat, Panavia Tornado and Rockwell B-1B Lancer while its turbofan-type engines became standard in many combat aircraft. F-111 crews pioneered tactics using terrain-following and laser targeting devices that made the F-15E Eagle's ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 2 - Air Vanguard
    A definitive technical guide to the F-105 Thunderchief, the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War.Designed to deliver nuclear weapons at low altitude and then fight its way back to base, by the early 1960s it was the primary weapon in the USAF's tactical strike arsenal. Thunderchief pilots in Europe, the Far East and the USA stood on short-notice alert, ready to take on the ... Read more

    $12.89 USD

  • North American XB-70 Valkyrie

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 7 - X-Planes
    Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring.With its huge, white partially-folding delta wing, its fuselage resembling a striking cobra and its extraordinary performance, it was one of the foremost technological achievements of the 20th century.A strategic bomber built to outrun any Soviet fighter jet, ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • North American X-15

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 3 - X-Planes
    The revolutionary X-15 remains the fastest manned aircraft ever to fly.Built in the two decades following World War II, it was the most successful of the high-speed X-planes. The 'sound barrier' was smashed completely by the X-15, which could hit Mach 6.7 and soar to altitudes above 350,000ft, beyond the edge of space. Several pilots qualified as astronauts by flying above 50 miles altitude in the ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • F9F Panther vs Communist AAA

    Korea 1950–53

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 121 - Duel
    A detailed look at the deadly battle between US Navy F9F Panther jet fighter-bombers and communist anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) defenses that proliferated throughout the Korean War.The F9F Panther was one of the many fighters converted for ground-attack duties, following an established US tradition. Originally designed as a jet fighter, in April 1951 it became the first jet to launch from a ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 ‘Guideline’ SAM

    Vietnam 1965–73

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 35 - Duel
    A detailed account of the suppression of North Vietnam's surface-to-air missile defences during the Vietnam War, initiating a totally new concept of air war.The Vietnam War was the first conflict that saw extensive use of surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles, and thus became a training ground for the tactics of this new type of battle, as USAF pilots battled with supersonic Soviet ground-to-air ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 22 - Air Vanguard
    An in-depth technical study of the USN and export variants of the McDonnell–Douglas F-4 Phantom – sure to appeal to modelers, veterans, and aviation enthusiasts.Originally designed as a carrier-borne long-range interceptor armed with radar-guided missiles and tasked with defence against missile-launching bombers, the Phantom II went on to establish itself as one of the most important multi-role ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • F-102 Delta Dagger Units

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 132 - Combat Aircraft
    World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets.The addition of nuclear weapons to the bomber's armament made it even more formidable, and by the late 1940s, US planners saw the growth of a Soviet nuclear-armed bomber fleet as a terrifying threat to North American ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • B-36 ‘Peacemaker’ Units of the Cold War

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 144 - Combat Aircraft
    Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retaliate, the B-36 was to be primarily a '10,000-mile bomber' with heavy defensive armament, six engines and a performance that would prevent interception by fighters.Although rapid developments in jet engine and high-speed airframe technology quickly made it obsolescent, the B-36 took ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 147 - Combat Aircraft
    With first-hand insight into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars.The advent of the surface-to-air missile (SAM) in the early 1950s threatened the whole concept of aerial bombing from medium and high ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • RF-101 Voodoo Units in Combat

    by Peter E. Davies, Gareth Hector ...
    Series Book 127 - Combat Aircraft
    McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the 'Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber, it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft, serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD