Barrett Tillman: 22 books
Whirlwind
The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan—the most important strategic bombing campaign inhistory. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman...
MiG Master
The Story of the F-8 Crusader
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War. The book is filled with authentic re-creations of Crusader-MiG fights...
by Dean Ing, Barrett Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2002
An historic landmark collection, Combat, Vol. 2 depicts war as it is and soon will be-the shape of war to come.
Featuring:
Stephen Coonts, who tells the tale of an unlikely partnership between an ex-Marine sniper and a female military pilot who team up to kill the terrorists who murdered...
On Yankee Station
The Naval Air War over Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Coauthors John Nichols, a fighter pilot in the war, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning aviation historian, make full use of their extensive knowledge...
Vulcan's Fire
Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009
In this explosive series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With its military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the United States...
Pandora's Legion
Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
In this explosive new series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With the military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the US is constantly...
Prometheus's Child
Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
In Prometheus's Child, the first in an explosive series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With the military and intelligence agencies...
Enterprise
America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
This is the epic and heroic story of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and of the courageous men who fought and died on her from Pearl Harbor to the end of the conflict.
Acclaimed military historian Barrett Tillman recounts the World War II exploits of America’s most decorated warship and its colorful crews— tales of unmatched daring and heroism.
Hellcat
The F6F in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Largely responsible for crushing Japanese airpower wherever the American fast carrier force sailed, the Grumman F6F Hellcat was considered the most important Allied aircraft in the Pacific during 1943 and 1944. Designed for speed, range, and climb to compete with Japan's exceptional Mitsubishi A6M Zero,...
by Barrett Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
The US Marine Corps has a long heritage of aviation excellence, a reputation that was largely built on the impact and performance of the "flying leathernecks†? in the bitter fighting in the Pacific during World War II. As the US island-hopping campaign against Japan gathered pace, US Marine...
by Barrett Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Popularly known as the Douglas Dauntless, the U.S. Navy's SBD dive bomber was well named. Though considered obsolete at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Dauntless turned the tide of war in the Pacific with the destruction of four Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway, making its mark in...
On Wave and Wing
The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft Carriers. For seventy years, these ships remained a little understood cornerstone of American power. In his latest book, On Wave and Wing...
by Barrett Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Fighting Squadron 11 was established at San Diego in August 1943, beginning a half-century record that spanned aerial combat in three wars from the piston to the jet age. The squadron produced seven aces while fighting in World War 2, Korea and Vietnam. From World War 2 until after the Cold War, the...
Forgotten Fifteenth
The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
November 1943—May 1945—The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England,...
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