David Fairbank White
Auteur de Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
Œuvres de David Fairbank White
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- White, David Fairbank
- Date de naissance
- 1951
- Sexe
- male
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 114
- Popularité
- #171,985
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 11
- Langues
- 1
I admit I was nervous when it says right on the cover, "The WWII fighter plane that saved the Allies..." There is much here that is rah rah Air Force and it gets old fast for someone who prefers a more balanced view of the war. The Whites talk a lot about Bombers and how they sustained many casualties, but there is little-to-no mention of the civilian lives lost on the ground, or even a cursory examination of the morality/necessity of strategic bombing at all. Their interest in key figures who had a hand in the development of the P-51 is obvious, but the writing is so hagiographic that it becomes a slog to read through. Just overly disgusted overall with what could have been an interesting book.… (plus d'informations)