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Title: Brassey's Air Combat Reader: Historic Feats and Aviation Legends by Walter J. Boyne, Philip Handleman ISBN: 1-57488-243-0 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: Good Storytelling...but trying too much?
Comment: I ordered this book with some apprehension, because at first glance, it seemed to be trying to bite off more than it could chew- trying to capture the broad sweep of the entire history of air combat in one book, and that too, one devoted not so much to the technical aspects, but more of `storytelling'. Well, after reading it, I must say, my apprehensions were partly right. The chapters do make for great reading in isolation- but esp in the post WWII era- we get only a brief, fragmentary glimpse of any campaign. And there are some glaring omissions eg. the 1982 Bekaa valley campaign, which is a landmark in modern aviation. Also, for the post WWII era- I think what this book misses is the `other side of the story'. In its WW I and II accounts, there are some German accounts, but post WWII, we only hear the American and Israeli side of the story. Are we to take that not a single Arab or Russian or Vietnamese account of the air war exists. Take a cursory look at the Net- and the answer's obvious. But then, maybe the target audience is the casual American aviation buff...but for someone interested in more detail, and especially, a non American, this book's hardly the best around- try Isby's Janes Air War, and you'll know what I mean.