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Hog pilots, blue water grunts: the American military in the air, at sea, and on the ground

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#96682
Titel	Hog pilots, blue water grunts: the American military in the air, at sea, and on the ground
Auteur	Kaplan, Robert D.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Random House
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	1400061334
ISBN13	9781400061334
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Foreign affairs journalist Kaplan lets readers experience up close the American military worldwide in the air, at sea, and on the ground: flying in a B-2 bomber, living on a nuclear submarine, and traveling with a Stryker brigade on missions around the world. Provided unprecedented access, Kaplan moves from destroyers off the coast of Indonesia to submarines in the central Pacific, from simulated Iraqi training grounds in Alaska to technology bases in Las Vegas. He goes deep into their highly technical and exotic worlds, and tells this story through the words and perspectives of the enlisted personnel and junior officers themselves--men and women who, as he writes, have "had their national identities as Americans engraved in sharp bas-relief." He not only conveys the vast scope o... (Lees verder)f America's military commitments, but also shows us astonishing and vital operations as they unfold--from the point of view of the troops themselves.--From publisher description.
Pagina's	428
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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