We had the best planes, the most sophisticated weapons technology, and by far, the heftiest military budget in the free world. They had a "peasant airforce" equipped mainly with inferior Russian MiGs. So why weren't we winning the air war over Vietnam? The first true account of the Navy's fighter pilots in Vietnam and how the creation of Top Gun changed the course of the Vietnam air war.
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We had the best planes, the most sophisticated weapons technology, and by far, the heftiest military budget in the free world. They had a "peasant airforce" equipped mainly with inferior Russian MiGs. So why weren't we winning the air war over Vietnam? The first true account of the Navy's fighter pilots in Vietnam and how the creation of Top Gun changed the course of the Vietnam air war.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean pale gray boards with dark blue spine, red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Military.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. viii, 295pp, 8pp b/w photos, glossary. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Near new. The true-life account of the Navy's fighter pilots in Vietnam--and how the creation of the U.S. Navy's Top Gun fighter pilot school helped to forge a dramatic victory in the Vietnam air war.