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Lädt ... Eagles At Warvon Walter J. Boyne
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"Enthralling...Boyne captures the gritty realities of combat and the proud adventures of America's struggle for air supremacy in World War II." W.E.B. Griffith From thrilling and intense combat to boardroom explosions and behind-the-scenes scandal, EAGLES AT WAR brings to vivid life the famous planes, aviation heroes, and ruthless villains of the wartorn skies. It is certainly one of the most compelling fictional accounts of World War II in the air. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The big cast of characters who flew through the 1930's in Trophy For Eagles (1989), trying to prepare for the coming air war, get their chance to test their flying skills and theories when America at last enters the war. Col. Henry Caldwell--who fought like a terrier all through the Depression to get the Army's air corps ready for the next war instead of the last war--has hit a major snag just as he is making headway. The snag is Elsie Rayner, the sexpot air-industry executive whose last great affair was with Bruno Hafner, now an evil genius of Nazi air power. Caldwell is so besotted with Elsie that love clouds his judgment and he throws important business to her corporation even though the company builds lousy planes. Across the Atlantic, Hafner hopes to turn out the world's first jet fighters, and handsome Helmut Josten hopes to fly them. Josten also hopes to win the heart of Lyra, a Russian countess who lives for one purpose--to mortally wound the Nazis. She manages to do quite a bit of damage through spying and seduction that take her to Hitler's inner circle. But no one's hope is completely satisfied. Elsie cheats; Germany's industrial machinery is too heavily damaged to turn out more than a few jets; and the Truman commission is looking into corruption in the aircraft industry. When the fighting ends, however, there are still enough characters to continue the saga into the Korean episode. The war seems to go awfully fast, but that's because the concentration is on jets and politics rather than on the big scene. Apart from the usual curse of stereotypes, then, this is done well enough to entertain fans of flying.