The dream of civilized warfare : World War I flying aces and the American imagination / Linda R. Robertson.
Robertson, Linda R. (Linda Raine), 1946-
2003
D606 .R63 2003 (Mapit)
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Title The dream of civilized warfare : World War I flying aces and the American imagination / Linda R. Robertson.
Author Robertson, Linda R. (Linda Raine), 1946-
ISBN 0816642702 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.
Language English
Description xx, 481 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number D606 .R63 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.4/4973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-472) and index.
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A Matter of Class
The Images of the Ace
"They Made Grand Copy": Origins of the Images of the Ace
Casus Belli: War as Melodrama
Civilized Warfare and the Gentleman-Knight
Mechanized Warfare and the Man
"The Man Is Alone": Free Lance and Lone Wolf
The Sporting Life
Death and Transfiguration
"As Swimmers into Cleanness Leaping": Primitive Instinct, Civilized Character, and the Hero's Fate
American Pilots as Symbols of American Democracy
Death Wears a Romantic Mask.

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