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I Am My Brother's Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel's War for Independence 1947-1949
Stock #: KB10345
Author: Jeffrey Weiss & Craig Weiss
List Price: $29.95
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$27.95
Based on recently declassified documents and more than two hundred interviews, I Am My Brother's Keeper tells the story of the more than one thousand Americans and Canadians, Jews and non-Jews, who fought in Israel's War of Independence. This is a story about men like Rudy Augarten (shown on the front cover), who interrupted his studies at Harvard to fly for Israel. Only three years after the Holocaust, these volunteers helped establish the State of Israel. This story will forever change your understanding of the relationship between Americans and Israelis. more»
Subject: Aviation
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Innovations in Aircraft Construction
Stock #: KB10143
Author: Hans Redemann
List Price: $29.95
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$27.95
From the Wright Brothers' famous "Wright Flyer" in 1903, to the "Concorde" in 1969 this book emphasizes the great strides made in aircraft construction in the sixty-six years between these two famous designs. Each aircraft is shown in photographs, scale line drawings from various perspectives, and presents the various models, prototypes and export models - technical aspects and measurements are also given. more»
Subject: Aviation
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Intruder: The Operational History of Grumman's A-6
Stock #: KB10380
Author: Mark Morgan & Rick Morgan
List Price: $59.95
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$54.95
The legendary Grumman A-6 Intruder was born into battle, making its first deployment off the decks of the USS Independence into Southeast Asia in 1966. For the next three decades, it was the "main battery" of the U.S. fleet and the primary strike weapon. more»
Subject: Aviation
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Italian Aces of World War I and their Aircraft
Stock #: KB10131
Author: Roberto Gentilli Antonio Iozzi and Paulo Varriale
List Price: $69.95
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$63.95
For the first time, a detailed history of a little known aspect of the Great War in the air: the forty-two Italian aces. An introduction puts the air war on the Italian front in perspective, showing the development and actions of the Italian air force including many orders of battle, and brief histories of all fighter squadrons. Over 500 previously unpublished photographs from private sources, as well as twenty-four pages of color profiles of Nieuports, Spads, Hanriots and Macchis provide a stunning visual complement for the historian and modeler. more»
Subject: Aviation
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