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WW I Flying, Aces
This book, which I found in the public library, expresses a different
point of view regarding aces in World War One. The Dream of Civilized Warfa World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...376127-2633402 (quoting the Amazon blurb During World War I, air combat came to epitomize American ingenuity, technological superiority, adventure, leadership, and teamwork. Robertson reveals how the romantic and chivalric imagery associated with flying aces was a product of intentional propaganda and popular culture. Examining aviation history, military battles, films, literature, and political events, she looks at how the American public's imagination was shaped-how flying aces offered not only a symbol of warfare in stark contrast to the muddy, brutal world of the trenches, but also a distraction to an American public resistant to both intervention in a European conflict and the new practice of conscription. (end quote) John Bailey http://home.rochester.rr.com/jbxroads/mailto.html |
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