REACHING FOR THE STARS
Written by Mark Connelly
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
in 2001
ISBN: 1860645917
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- WORLD WAR II
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Written by Mark Connelly.
Stock no. 1604957
1st.
2001.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A new history of Bomber Command in World War II. B/w photos. ISBN: 1860645917. Spine and corners rubbed. Wrapper edge creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Hoping the Bomber will always get through
- Chapter Two: The Lion Tries His Wings, September 1939-February 1941
- Chapter Three: Committing Britain to a Bomber War, February 1941-Spring 1942
- Chapter Four: Unleashing the Whirlwind, February 1942-August 1943
- Chapter Five: Berlin, 'The Big City'
- Chapter Six: Achieving Victory, Spring 1944-May 1945
- Chapter Seven: Remembering and Misremembering, 1945-1999
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Bomber Command and the War Artists Scheme
- Appendix B: Journey Together (1945) and The Way to the Stars (1945)
- Chronology Bomber Command
- Notes
- Bibliography Notes
- Index