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Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia

Title

Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / Michael W. Hankins.

Author

Hankins, Michael W., 1982-

Publication

Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Description

xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"A study of the influence of fighter pilot culture and the technological development of the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft and the ensuing debates surrounding national defense strategy in the 1970s and 1980s"--

Series Statement

Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history

Uniform Title

Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome.

ISBN

9781501760655
1501760653
9781501760662 (canceled/invalid)
9781501760679 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2021023404

OCLC

on1245345653
SCSB-14183560

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library