Daring Young Men
The Heroism and Triumph of The Berlin Airlift-June 1948-May 1949
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- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2011
Summary
In the early hours of June 26, 1948, phones began ringing across America, waking up the airmen of World War II—pilots, navigators, and mechanics—who were finally beginning normal lives with new houses, new jobs, new wives, and new babies. Some were given just forty-eight hours to report to local military bases. The president, Harry S. Truman, was recalling them to active duty to try to save the desperate people of the western sectors of Berlin, the enemy capital many of them had bombed to rub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416541202 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416541209 |
| Author: | Richard Reeves |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 23mm |
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“This is gripping history.” –Terry Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor
About The Author
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves is the author of presidential bestsellers, including President Nixon and President Kennedy, acclaimed as the best nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine. A syndicated columnist and winner of the American Political Science Association’s Carey McWilliams Award, he lives in New York and Los Angeles.
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