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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:490939750:2871
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LEADER: 02871mam a22003614a 4500
001 2382654
005 20220616033729.0
008 990727s2000 couabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 99040472
020 $a081332985X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm42002639
035 $9APR8511CU
035 $a2382654
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
043 $apo-----
050 00 $aD785$b.B45 2000
082 00 $a940.54/26$221
100 1 $aBergerud, Eric M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90670539
245 10 $aFire in the sky :$bthe air war in the South Pacific /$cEric M. Bergerud.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bWestview Press,$c2000.
300 $axxviii, 723 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 695-702) and index.
505 00 $tImportant Military Terms, Acronyms, and Place-names --$gPt. 1.$tThe Three-Dimensional Battlefield.$g1.$tDefining the Battlefield: Air-Base Networks.$g2.$tThe Land and Air --$gPt. 2.$tMachines and Men in the South Pacific.$g3.$tJapanese Warplanes.$g4.$tAllied Aircraft.$g5.$tAirmen in the South Pacific --$gPt. 3.$tFire in the Sky: Air Battle in the South Pacific.$g6.$tDeadly Geometry: Fighter Warfare in the South Pacific.$g7.$tMaking History: Bombers in the South Pacific.$tAuthor's Note on Technical Information Including Table of Major Warplanes in the South Pacific Theater.
520 1 $a"In the first two years of the Pacific War of World War II, air forces from Japan, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand engaged in a ruthless struggle for superiority in the skies over the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Despite operating under primitive conditions in a largely unknown and malignant physical environment, both sides employed the most sophisticated technology available at the time in a strategically crucial war of aerial attrition."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"Utilizing primary sources and scores of interviews with surviving veterans of all ranks and duties, Eric M. Bergerud recreates the fabric of the air war as it was fought in the South Pacific. He explores the technology and tactics, the three-dimensional battlefield, and the leadership, living conditions, medical challenges, and morale of the combatants.
520 8 $aThe reader will be rewarded with a thorough understanding of how air power functioned in World War II from the level of command to the point of fire in air-to-air combat."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148275
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zOceania.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010007984
651 0 $aOceania$xHistory, Military.
852 00 $boff,glx$hD785$i.B45 2000