Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Pike Richard
Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Pike Richard When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he…
Specifikacia Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Pike Richard
Cold War Boys: Previously Unpublished Tales of Derring-Do from Lightning, Phantom and Hunter Pilots Pike Richard
When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over 40 years until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. This diversity is reflected in the 20 chapters of Cold War Boys which opens with a vivid description from the author of survival procedures used by English Electric Lightning pilots in the event of nuclear war. In addition to nuclear and conventional military friction between the Eastern and Western blocs, the struggle for dominance involved a remarkable range of activities including the space race, psychological efforts, espionage, even rivalry at sporting functions and technological events.
From there on, various contributors share their original experiences on a range of fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft across the world including tales from RAF