Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942

by Daniel Ford

Overview

Early in the Second World War, in the skies over Rangoon, a handful of American pilots met and bloodied the Japanese Army Air Force, winning immortality as the "Flying Tigers." Arguably America's most famous combat unit, they were hired to defend beleaguered China for $600 a month, plus $500 for each Japanese plane shot down--fantastic money in 1941, when a Manhattan hotel room cost three dollars a night.

 

To bring his prize-winning history of the American Volunteer Group up to date, Daniel Ford has drawn on the most recent U.S., British, and Japanese scholarship, providing new information about the Tigers, their Royal Air Force colleagues, and their Japanese opponents. "Admirable," wrote Chennault biographer Martha Byrd. "A readable book based on sound sources. Expect some surprises."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153204550
Publisher:	Warbird Books
Publication date:	05/29/2016
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	NOOK Book
Sales rank:	319,447
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime reading and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from the Irish rebellion of 1916 to the counter-guerrilla operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is best known for his history of the American Volunteer Group--the 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War--and his Vietnam novel that was filmed as Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster. Most recently, he has turned to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany and Soviet Russia. Most of his books and many shorter pieces are available in digital editions He lives and works in New Hampshire.

What People are Saying About This

Thomas Norton

“Without question, the most readable and complete account of the AVG yet written.”

Don Lopez

“A major contribution to the history of the air war in the Pacific.”

Robert Neale

“Totally engrossing—just like reliving those days fifty years ago.”

Editorial Reviews

A major contribution to the history of the air war in the Pacific.

Don Lopez

A first-rate history.

Boston Globe

Admirable—a readable book based on sound sources. Expect a few surprises.

Air Power Historian

War history as it should be written.

The Hook

Totally engrossing—just like reliving those days fifty years ago.

Robert Neale

Meticulously researched, carefully documented.

Washington Times

Without question, the most readable and complete account of the AVG yet written.

Thomas Norton in Air & Space / Smithsonian

"Without question, the most readable and complete account of the AVG yet written."

Thomas Norton