Edward Jablonski ha scritto biografie di importanti figure culturali americane, concentrandosi su compositori e parolieri, oltre a opere sulla storia dell'aviazione. La sua profonda fascinazione per l'aviazione, intensificata dal servizio nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale, lo ha portato a esplorarne il ruolo nella guerra e nel progresso tecnologico. Un'amicizia formativa con il paroliere Ira Gershwin ha influenzato significativamente i suoi primi scritti. L'ampia carriera freelance di Jablonski ha compreso articoli, critica musicale e note di copertina per album, con un progetto finale volto a narrare la storia della musica popolare americana.
This edition features corrected material derived from Edward Jablonski's handwritten notes, enhancing the original publication's accuracy. Readers can choose between a hardcover or paperback version, ensuring access to a meticulously revised text.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.
Text and photographs give some attention to the home front and to the high military commanders behind the lines but concentrate on the soldier on the front lines
Combines a basic history of World War II with more than four hundred captioned photographs, and features charts, maps, and a wealth of specific facts.
Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anecdotes and rare, never-before-published photographs--this fascinating portrait brings us closer to the real persona of George Gershwin than ever before. 81 black-and-white photographs.
