Arch Whitehouse (1895–1979)
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Œuvres de Arch Whitehouse
Tank: The Story of Their Battles and the Men Who Drove Them from Their First Use in World War I to Korea (1960) 15 exemplaires
The Fledgling 8 exemplaires
Decisive air battles of the First World War 7 exemplaires
Hawks of Hate 4 exemplaires
The Griffon's Gamble 4 exemplaires
Guns of the Griffon 4 exemplaires
Red-heads Of Death 3 exemplaires
Guile Of The Griffon 3 exemplaires
Legion Of The Flame 3 exemplaires
Cavalry of the Clouds 2 exemplaires
Spies With Wings 2 exemplaires
Scarlet Streamers 2 exemplaires
Hell in the Heavens 2 exemplaires
Zeppelins Vanish 2 exemplaires
Sea Hangar Snare 2 exemplaires
Scourge of the Sky Brood 2 exemplaires
Airplanes 2 exemplaires
Lockheed Loot 2 exemplaires
How I Got Into Aviation Writing 2 exemplaires
Coffin in the Fog 1 exemplaire
Death Haunts the Clipper 1 exemplaire
Wings of Adventure 1 exemplaire
Action in the sky 1 exemplaire
Clipped-Wing Clue 1 exemplaire
Griffon's Nemesis 1 exemplaire
Fog-Flyers' Fate 1 exemplaire
Adventure in the Sky 1 exemplaire
Os Zeppelins na guerra 1 exemplaire
John J Pershing 1 exemplaire
Crime on a Convoy Carrier 1 exemplaire
The Carrier Coup 1 exemplaire
Test Pilot Terror 1 exemplaire
Black-Out Vultures 1 exemplaire
Clipper Hi-Jack 1 exemplaire
Hurricane Wings 1 exemplaire
Contraband Cocardes 1 exemplaire
Griffon 36 - The Death Dolphin 1 exemplaire
Griffon 37 - The Silent Raider 1 exemplaire
Nightowl Nemesis 1 exemplaire
Sky Sabotage 1 exemplaire
Code on the Keyboard 1 exemplaire
Murder Steals the Picture 1 exemplaire
Curse of the Curtiss 1 exemplaire
Convoy of Death 1 exemplaire
Riddle of the Rocket 1 exemplaire
Rip-Cord Ruse 1 exemplaire
Death Hurtles North 1 exemplaire
Sky-Gun Snare 1 exemplaire
Vultee Vortex 1 exemplaire
Sky-Gun Scorn 1 exemplaire
Television Tracers 1 exemplaire
Twin-Engine Treachery 1 exemplaire
Trans-Atlantic Intrigue 1 exemplaire
Death Flies the Electra! 1 exemplaire
Clue of the Cockpit Clock 1 exemplaire
Birdman's Booty 1 exemplaire
"This Is It, Pilot!" [Part 2] 1 exemplaire
"This Is It, Pilot!" [Part 3] 1 exemplaire
"This Is It, Pilot!" [Part 1] 1 exemplaire
Chute-Raid Ruse 1 exemplaire
"This Is It, Pilot!" [Part 4] 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Whitehouse, Arthur George Joseph
- Date de naissance
- 1895-12-11
- Date de décès
- 1979-11
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
- Lieu du décès
- USA
Membres
Critiques
Listes
1964 Project (1)
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- Œuvres
- 96
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- 5
- Membres
- 463
- Popularité
- #53,109
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 19
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- 1
My copy of "Tank: The Story of Their Battles and the Men Who Drove Them From Their First Use in World War I To Korea" is the Doubleday first edition, which came out in 1960. The book contains 383 pages organized in ten chapters, with a conclusion, acknowledgements, bibliography, and index added at the end. There are two small sections of photographs. The book is arranged chronologically, although that is not necessarily how Whitehouse tells his stories, where the narrative within chapters skips around, and, in some cases, belonging in other chapters. The narrative covers the story of British, German, and American armor development and combat use almost exclusively. The Italians, Japanese, and Soviets are mentioned in passing, with most of the Soviet mentions appearing in the conclusion of the book. Whitehouse relies on personal narratives almost exclusively throughout the book, narratives that come from personal interviews, biographies and autobiographies, award citations, or correspondents' stories. You will not find primary source material in this book--those sources would not be declassified and available for research for another 15-20 years.
Whitehouse is not a student of technology--the various aspects of armored vehicle technology appear to be foreign to him, and he has trouble writing about this aspect of the topic. The era of the technology geek is several years in the future, and the first authoritative reference books on the topic (i.e. the Profile Publications series) are a few years off. As a war correspondent, Whitehouse simply had to tell a good (and positive) human story. "Tank" is a good example of that genre--a long multigeneration magazine/newspaper article. Taken in that spirit, this book is a good read that is difficult to put down once you start it.… (plus d'informations)