Join us as we look at what literary treasures await us in upcoming books in aerospace defense history. What are we excited about, what have we been reading? What have you been reading, and what are you excited for? Let us know!
Also covered: Star Wars, Antz vs. A Bug's Life
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Join us as we look at what literary treasures await us in upcoming books in aerospace defense history. What are we excited about, what have we been reading? What have you been reading, and what are you excited for? Let us know!
Also covered: Star Wars, Antz vs. A Bug's Life
34: Best Aviation and Air Power Books of the Year - Dr Ross Mahoney
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34: Best Aviation and Air Power Books of the Year - Dr Ross Mahoney
Join us for a retrospective on our favorite books of the year, with the 'From Balloons to Drones' editor-in-chief, Dr Ross Mahoney! Each of us discusses our top three reads of 2022, and we take a look forward at some topics we'd really like to hear more about in the future.
The books:
'Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation, 1950-1966' by Mark Lax
'Air Power in the Falklands Conflict: An Operational Level Insight into Air Warfare in the South Atlantic' by John Shields
'Air Power Supremo: A Biography of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor' by William Pyke
'Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb' by James Scott
'A Long Voyage to the Moon: The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans' by Geoffrey Bowman
'Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon' by Gen. Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.)
'Wings of Gold: The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators' by Beverly Weintraub
'Tomcats and Eagles: The Development of the F-14 and F-15 in the Cold War' by Tal Tovy
'Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today' by Craig McNamara
From Balloons to Drones
Join us as we look at what literary treasures await us in upcoming books in aerospace defense history. What are we excited about, what have we been reading? What have you been reading, and what are you excited for? Let us know!
Also covered: Star Wars, Antz vs. A Bug's Life