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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1058-3947
- eISSN
- 1876-5610
- DOI
- 10.1163/187656111X596842
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>War Narratives, unit histories, memoirs, and letters home from the combatants offer good accounts, but they cannot always convey the tension, violence, fear, dedication, futility, and chance that are so a part of war and that are more easily drawn by a good novelist. This review article discusses the ten top air war novels involving the U.S. Air Force (or the U.S. Army Air Forces as it was known during World War II) and the wars in Korea and Vietnam. These ten novels most accurately reflect the unique character, culture, and achievements of air power in those Asian wars.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Journal
Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Keywords: U.S. AIR FORCE; VIETNAM WAR; WORLD WAR II; AVIATION AIR WARFARE; U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES; FICTION; KOREAN WAR