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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics
Adrian Smith
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Description for Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics
Paperback. Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot rediscovers Britain's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War. It traces the myth of an 'ace with one eye', examining how Mannock has been represented in both biography and in fiction, and asks why he is still commemorated today. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot is the authoritative life story of Britain and Ireland's most successful fighter pilot of the First World War; a working class hero and staunch socialist who in the skies above the Western Front combined engineering prowess, tactical initiative, and grim determination to become an inspirational squadron commander.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
Studies in Military and Strategic History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137509826
SKU
V9781137509826
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton, UK. His many publications include a history of the early New Statesman, a portrait of his native city Coventry, a study of the Ministry of Defence, and a biography of Admiral Lord Mountbatten. Like Mick Mannock his formative years were spent in Canterbury.
Reviews for Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics
"Adrian Smith has written an excellent book on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." - The Journal of Military History