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"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"--
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Cornell University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Ithaca, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Battlegrounds : Cornell studies in military history
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| 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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781501760655 1501760653 |
| Index Number: | UG1242 |
| CLC: | E926.31-097.12 |
| Call Number: | E926.31-097.12/H241 |
| 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. |