WWI Digest 96

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Re: Book opinions
	by gspring@ix.netcom.com (Greg Springer )
  2) Re: Book opinions
	by bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael)

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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 15:36:21 -0700
From: gspring@ix.netcom.com (Greg Springer )
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Book opinions
Message-ID: <199604132236.PAA02933@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com>

Tim Whitley wrote: 
>
>Hello!
>
>  I've read Lee Kennett's 'First Air War: 1914-1918'.  I had 
recommended to
>me two other books on the subject:
>
>  Eric Lawson, 'First Air Campaign,' 1995, Combined Books
>
>  John Morrow, 'Great War in the Air,' 199?, Smithsonian.
>
>Do the august contributors to this list have an opinion about these?  
I'm
>looking for another, more in-depth look at WWI aerial combat.

Hi Tim!

For my money you can't beat:

'The First of the Few', Denis Winter   Univ. of Georgia Press 1983
ISBN 08203 0642 8  

It's a study of British fighter pilots' lives in all aspects from 
enlistment to demobilization.  It is often not a pretty picture.  
Physical, mental and moral stresses were terrifc and took their toll on 
all in one form or another.  This one book will teach you more respect 
for the WWI pilot than many other volumes combined.

Cheers!

Greg

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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 21:03:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: bucky@postoffice.ptd.net (Mary-Ann/Michael)
To: wwi
Subject: Re: Book opinions
Message-ID: <199604140103.VAA16609@ns1.ptd.net>

>Tim Whitley wrote: 
>>
>>Hello!
>>
>>  I've read Lee Kennett's 'First Air War: 1914-1918'.  I had 
>recommended to
>>me two other books on the subject:
>>
>>  Eric Lawson, 'First Air Campaign,' 1995, Combined Books
>>
>>  John Morrow, 'Great War in the Air,' 199?, Smithsonian.
>>
>>Do the august contributors to this list have an opinion about these?  
>

        Tim.......I couldn't agree more regarding First of the Few.  The
psycholigical impact on the fighters as a result of the stress of constant
combat is vividly portrayed.   I've also always had a fondness for "They
Fought for the Sky" by Quentin Reynolds. While it may not be as in depth as
many of the more recent books, it captures the romantic feel that seems so
attractive to many of us. Good reading, Mike Muth


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