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Autore |
Hankins Michael W. <1982-> |
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Titolo |
Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]] |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history |
Cornell scholarship online |
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Soggetti |
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Fighter planes - United States - History - 20th century |
Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century |
Eagle (Jet fighter plane) - History |
F-16 (Jet fighter plane) - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Flying Camelot' brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public-and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense weaponized their own culture to affect technological development and larger political change. |
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