Aviation Century War and Peace in the Air, Vol. 5
The closing volume of an internationally acclaimed series.\ "Any readers interested in the history of flying will treasure [this series of] profusely illustrated books."\ - Booklist\ War and Peace in the Air, the final book in the acclaimed five-volume Aviation Century series, explores the influence of aviation in the major wars and minor conflicts since World War II. The authors also examine the dangers of flight, including airborne disasters, accident investigations and threats from...
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The final book in the 5 volume Aviation Century series explores the influence of aviation in conflicts since WWII; the dangers associated with flight such as disaster, investigations and terrorism; and looks to the future. Exceptionally well-illustrated.
AcknowledgmentsForeword by Tom BurbageForeword by Walter BoynePhotographer's Preface by Dan PattersonIntroduction by Air Vice-Marshal Ron DickChapter 1Military Aviation in the Jet AgeChapter 2Flight SafetyChapter 3What Next? 21st Century WingsEpilogueRediscovering the WrightsBibliographyIndex
\ Aviation HistoryThis, the fifth and last volume in an extraordinary series, measures up in every way to its four predecessors.\ — Walter J. Boyne\ \ \ \ \ ChoiceMassive, unusually well-illustrated... Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.\ — M. Levinson\ \ \ The Midwest Book ReviewLibraries with the other volumes must have this concluding chapter, while military libraries will find it a sold stand-alone survey.\ — Diane C. Donovan\ \ \ \ \ American Reference Books AnnualInformative and authoritative, and this is more than just a gift book.\ — Paul B. Cors\ \ \ \ \ BooklistA book that aviation zealots will find to be an invaluable guide to the history of flight.\ — George Cohen\ \ \ \ \ Air and SpaceThe Fifth and Final Volume in the Aviation Century series by Ron Dick (an Air and Space/Smithsonian contributing editor) and photographer Dan Patterson chronicles aircraft development from the early Jet Age to the present.\ \ \ \ \ \ American Reference Books AnnualInformative and authoritative, and this is more than just a gift book.\ \ \ \ \ \ Aviation HistoryThis, the fifth and last volume in an extraordinary series, measures up in every way to its four predecessors.... Dick and Patterson make ample use of colorful human characters to add dimension to the work.... This is a book to read through, and then to park someplace where you can dip into it randomly, just to savor the richness of the text and the photography. It is a fitting climax to a great series.\ \ \ \ \ \ The Midwest Book ReviewLibraries with the other volumes [in the Aviation Century series] must have this concluding chapter, while military libraries will find it a sold stand-alone survey.\ \ \ \ \ \ ChoiceThis massive, unusually well-illustrated coffee-table book will please the affluent aviation buff and increase that reader's knowledge of military aviation in the jet age and of safety matters... Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.\ \ \ \ \ \ BooklistThere are color and black-and-white photographs on almost every page of [this] book that aviation zealots will find an invaluable guide to the history of flight.\ \ \
