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Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

Mick Mannock, Fighter Pilot: Myth, Life and Politics (Studies in Military and Strategic History)
By Adrian Smith

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This work 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. The author suggests Mannock's tactics drew on his socialist beliefs, and argues that older, more experienced pilots were comfortable with the new technology and thus best equipped to fight the war in the air.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #2452328 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-12-18
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 223 pages

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"Adrian Smith has written an excellent article on one of the Great War's most successful fighter pilots." --"The Journal of Military History"

About the Author
ADRIAN SMITH is a Senior Lecturer in Historical Studies at the University of Southampton New College. He has written and published widely on modern British history, including The New Statesman Portraits of a Political Weekly 1918-1931 (1996) and he is co-editor of Northcliffe's Legacy: Aspects of the British Popular Press 1896-1996.