![]() ![]() Long before Normandy, America’s bomber boys waged the Allies’ longest WWII campaign and brought the war to Hitler. “Over the first years of World War II, the only American casualties on European soil were flyboys shot out of the sky. Trainor, USMC (Ret.) and coauthor of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq The incredible cost to both sides is recounted in riveting detail. “Masters of the Air is a piece of history that accurately and comprehensively tells the story of the Eighth Air Force going mano a mano against a tough and determined foe. ![]() The compound effect of the book’s narrative vitality and attention to human detail is terrific in all the meanings of the word – terrifying, extraordinary, highly admirable. ![]() Miller’s Masters of the Air is a stunning achievement. – Paul Fussell, author of The Great War and Modern Memory This is a rare account of the American Eighth Air Force, and with so many readers hoodwinked by fantasies of The Good War, it deserves wide acceptance and ultimate enshrinement as a classic.” “Miller’s work is always extraordinary but this large volume is especially remarkable for its valuable recovery of details, like all the psychiatric ruin of the many bomber boys assigned to kill German civilians. ![]()
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