On Wave and Wing(1st Edition) The 100 Year Quest to Perfect the Aircraft Carrier by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Regnery History ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-591-7, ISBN: 1-62157-591-8
"What defended the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft Carriers. For seventy years, these ships remained a little understood cornerstone of American power. In his latest book, On Wave and Wing , Barrett Tillman sheds light on the history of these floating leviathans and offers a nuanced analysis of the largest man-made vessel in ..."
Corsair The F4U in World War II and Korea by BarrettTillman, Kenneth A. Walsh Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2014 by Naval Institute Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55750-994-9, ISBN: 1-55750-994-8
"This is the remarkable story of an airplane that became a legend--with a sleek silhouette and bent wings, it doubled as a day and night fighter, could fly off carriers or from land, and served both as a dive bomber and reconnaissance plane. Filled with facts and figures, this fast-paced history begins with the nerve-wracking test flights of the 1940s and concludes with the F4Us that were active thirty-eight years later. Placed skillfull ..."
Whirlwind(1st Edition) The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 by BarrettTillman Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2011 by Simon & Schuster Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8441-4, ISBN: 1-4165-8441-2
"WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan--the most important strategic bombing campaign inhistory. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented missions overthousands of miles of ocean, ..."
Forgotten Fifteenth(Reprint) The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine (World War II Collection) by BarrettTillman Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Regnery History ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-404-0, ISBN: 1-62157-404-0
"November 1943May 1945The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a pr ..."
Enterprise(Reprint) America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by BarrettTillman Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2013 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-9088-3, ISBN: 1-4391-9088-7
"Pictorial Histories, 1982), 17. “very, very angry”: Gallaher interview by Bresnahan,
1980. “Before we're through”: Halsey, Admiral Halsey's Story, 81. “the personal
conviction”: Bobby oglesby, www.cv6.org. “an extremely reliable”: Dickinson, The
Flying Guns, 55. “a great big”: Ibid., 57–58, 61. “In the first”: Commander t. F.
Caldwell, Jr., Bureau of Aeronautics interview, March 1945. “I was”: Robert
trumbull, The Raft (Annapolis: ..."
LeMay(1st Edition) A Biography (Great Generals) by BarrettTillman, Wesley K. Clark Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2009 by St. Martin's Griffin ISBN-13: 978-0-230-61396-6, ISBN: 0-230-61396-9
"LeMay was a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general. In World War II, he ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths--a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But LeMay was also the man who single-handedly transformed the American air force from a ramshackle team of poorly trained and badly equippe ..."
Clash of The Carriers(Reprint) The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II by BarrettTillman, Stephen Coonts Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2006 by Nal Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-451-21956-5, ISBN: 0-451-21956-2
"From the national bestselling coauthor of Dragon's Jaw, here is the incredible true story of the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history, World War II’s Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. “Superb... the greatest naval air battle of all time finally receives the meticulous and comprehensive treatment it deserves.”—Richard Frank, author of Tower of SkullsIn June, 1944, American and Japanese carrier fleets made their way toward one a ..."
Hellcat Aces of World War 2(1st Edition) (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 10) by BarrettTillman, Mark Styling Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1996 by Osprey Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-85532-596-8, ISBN: 1-85532-596-9
"Grumman's successor to the pugnacious Wildcat, the Hellcat embodied many of the lessons learnt by F4F pilots in the opening months of the Pacific war. Introduced to the fleet in January 1943, and blooded in combat against the Japanese by VF-5 seven months later, the F6F served as the principal US Navy fighter on board carrier decks until VJ-Day. Despite its lethality in the air when ranged against the best Japanese fighters, it still re ..."
Dragon's Jaw(1st Edition) An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam by Stephen Coonts, BarrettTillman Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2019 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-90347-2, ISBN: 0-306-90347-4
"A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York Times bestselling author and a prominent aviation historianEvery war has its "bridge"--Old North Bridge at Concord, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the railway bridge over Burma's River Kwai, the bridge over Germany's Rhine River at Remagen, and the bridges over Korea's Toko Ri. In Vietnam it was the bridge at Thanh Hoa, called Dragon's Jaw ..."
Enterprise(1st Edition) America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-9087-6, ISBN: 1-4391-9087-9
"Offering a naval history of the entire Pacific Theater in World War II through the lens of its most famous ship, this is the epic and heroic story of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, and of the men who fought and died on her from Pearl Harbor to the end of the conflict.Pearl Harbor . . . Midway . . . Guadalcanal . . . The Marianas . . . Leyte Gulf . . . Iwo Jima . . . Okinawa. These are just seven of the twenty battles that the USS ..."
Whirlwind(1st Edition) The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-8440-7, ISBN: 1-4165-8440-4
"WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan—the most important strategic bombing campaign inhistory. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented missions overthousands of miles of ocean, ..."
Clash of the Carriers The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II by BarrettTillman, Stephen Coonts Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2005 by Nal Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0-451-21670-0, ISBN: 0-451-21670-9
"In June, 1944, American and Japanese carrier fleets made their way through the Philippine Sea, both hoping to take control of the vital Marianas Islands. When they met, they embarked upon a naval engagement that escalated into the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history. Here is the true account of the battle, told from both sides-by those who were there. Drawing upon numerous interviews as well as official sources, Clash of ..."
"An historic landmark work, depicting war as it is and soon will be-the shape of war to come.Featuring: Stephen Coonts, who tells the tale of an unlikely partnership between an ex-Marine sniper and a female military pilot who team up to kill the terrorists who murdered her parents.Dean Ing, uniting a private investigator, a bounty hunter, and an FBI agent, who together uncover a shadow of terrorism that looms over America and threatens t ..."
Dauntless(1st Edition) Novel of Midway and Guadalcanal by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 412 Pages, Published 1992 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-07528-1, ISBN: 0-553-07528-4
"Lt. Phil "Buck" Rogers and his comrades pilot untested dive bombers from the deck of the U.S.S. Yorktown, battling the Japanese in the conflicts at Midway and Guadalcanal."
When the Shooting Stopped - August 1945 The Month That Changed the World (Hardcover) by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4728-4898-7, ISBN: 1-4728-4898-5
"This fascinating new history tells the dramatic story of the final weeks of the war, detailing the last brutal battles on air, land and sea with evocative first-hand accounts from pilots and sailors caught up in these extraordinary events."
Warriors(Reprint) by BarrettTillman Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 1991 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-28735-6, ISBN: 0-553-28735-4
"Map design by GDS / Jeffrey L. Ward No part of this book May be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
without ..."
Dragon's Jaw An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam (Paperback) by Stephen Coonts, BarrettTillman Paperback, Published 2021 by Hachette Books ISBN-13: 978-0-306-90345-8, ISBN: 0-306-90345-8
MiG Master, Second Edition(2nd Edition) The Story of the F-8 Crusader by BarrettTillman Paperback, 238 Pages, Published 2014 by Naval Institute Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59114-868-5, ISBN: 1-59114-868-5
"To be equally enjoyed by professional aviators and aviation buffs with limited technical knowledge, this biography brings to life the legendary aircraft that scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft in the Vietnam War. The book is filled with authentic re-creations of Crusader-MiG fights and vivid descriptions of the people and events that are part of the F-8 story, including John Glenn's 1957 record-breaking flight ac ..."
Forgotten Fifteenth(1st Edition) The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine by BarrettTillman Hardcover, 338 Pages, Published 2014 by Regnery History ISBN-13: 978-1-62157-208-4, ISBN: 1-62157-208-0
"November 1943--May 1945--The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler's vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich's southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a pr ..."
Vulcan's Fire(1st Edition) Harold Coyle's Strategic Solutions, Inc. by Harold Coyle, BarrettTillman Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2008 by Forge Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-1373-7, ISBN: 0-7653-1373-1
"In this explosive series from New York Times bestseller Harold Coyle and noted military author Barrett Tillman, a new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With its military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the United States constantly calls upon the services of these organizations--and Strategic Solutions, Inc. is among the best. After a few bloody and unprofitab ..."