The burning blue : a new history of the Battle of Britain / edited by Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang
2000, 1st edition. London : Pimlico. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #473137
ISBN: 0712664750
Physical description: x,292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Series: Pimlico ; 410. Contents: Preface: Introduction / Brian Bond -- Part 1. Before the battle: The Luftwaffe / Klaus A. Maier ; The RAF / Malcolm Smith -- Part 2. The Battle: The Luftwaffe's assault / Horst Boog ; The RAF's response / Sebastian Cox -- Part 3. The view from afar: The Soviet perspective / Sergei Kudryashov ; The American perspective / Richard P. Hallion ; The Japanese perspective / Theodore F. Cook -- Part 4. Experience and memory: Memories of a German veteran / Hans- Ekkehard Bob ; Memories of a British veteran / Wallace Cunningham ; Dear Mum and Dad: an RAF pilot's letters to his parents, June-December 1940 -- Part 5. The making of a British legend: The Battle of Britain and children's literature / Owen Dudley Edwards ; The Battle of Britain and pilots' memoirs / Angus Calder ; The Battle of Britain on film / Tony Aldgate ; The commemoration of the Battle of Britain / Adrian Gregory ; Conservation and the Battle of Britain / Jeremy Lake and John Schofield ; A battle of many nations / Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang -- Part 6. Significance: How significant was the battle? / Richard Overy. Subject: Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Price: €10.95