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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9781586483289
Book Title
Millionaires' Unit : The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Airpower
Publisher
Public Affairs
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
2006
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Marc Wortman
Genre
History
Topic
Military / United States, Military / World War I
Item Weight
22.2 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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The Millionaires' Unit is the story of a gilded generation of young men from the zenith of privilege: a Rockefeller, the son of the head of the Union Pacific Railroad, several who counted friends and relatives among presidents and statesmen of the day. They had it all and, remarkably by modern standards, they were prepared to risk it all to fight a distant war in France. Driven by the belief that their membership in the American elite required certain sacrifice, schooled in heroism and the nature of leadership, they determined to be first into the conflict, leading the way ahead of America's declaration that it would join the war. At the heart of the group was the Yale flying club, six of whom are the heroes of this book. They would share rivalries over girlfriends, jealousies over membership in Skull and Bones, and fierce ambition to be the most daring young man over the battlefields of France, where the casualties among flyers were chillingly high. One of the six would go on to become the principal architect of the American Air Force's first strategic bomber force. Others would bring home decorations and tales of high life experiences in Paris. Some would not return, having made the greatest sacrifice of all in perhaps the last noble war. For readers of Flyboys , The Greatest Generation , or Flags Of Our Fathers , this patriotic, romantic, absorbing book is narrative military history of the best kind.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586483285
ISBN-13
9781586483289
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50226056

Product Key Features

Book Title
Millionaires' Unit : The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Airpower
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Military / United States, Military / World War I
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Marc Wortman
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2006-280329
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.44/973
Lc Classification Number
D606.W67 2006
Copyright Date
2006

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