{"product_id":"flying-camelot-the-f-15-the-f-16-and-the-weaponization-of-fighter-pilot-nostalgia-hardback-9781501760655","title":"Flying Camelot; The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia (Hardback) 9781501760655","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFlying Camelot\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael W. Hankins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501760655\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 25 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 25 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lively, absorbing account, Hankins demonstrates the influence of a specific culture that celebrated the fighter pilot as a \"knight of the air\" who thrilled to aerial combat.\u003c\/p\u003e (Foreign Affairs) \u003cp\u003e[Dr. Hankins] writes in an engaging and accessible way that makes some occasionally highly-technical discussions quite lucid and illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e (Sir Richard Williams Foundation) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlying Camelot\u003c\/i\u003e, he has written a superlative, accessible, and balanced study of the influence Boyd and his acolytes had on the US Air Force (hereafter \"Air Force\") and national defense establishment in the last quarter of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e (Michigan War Studies Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlying Camelot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public-and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense weaponized their own culture to affect technological development and larger political change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe design and advancement of the F-15 and F-16 reflected this group's nostalgic desire to recapture the best of World War I air combat. Known as the \"Fighter Mafia,\" and later growing into the media savvy political powerhouse \"Reform Movement,\" it believed that American weapons systems were too complicated and expensive, and thus vulnerable. The group's leader was Colonel John Boyd, a contentious former fighter pilot heralded as a messianic figure by many in its ranks. He and his group advocated for a shift in focus from the multi-role interceptors the Air Force had designed in the early Cold War towards specialized air-to-air combat dogfighters. Their influence stretched beyond design and into larger politicized debates about US national security, debates that still resonate today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that drove decision-making, \u003ci\u003eFlying Camelot \u003c\/i\u003edeftly engages both popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the foundations of the Pentagon and Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces\u003cbr\u003e 2. You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much)\"\u003cbr\u003e 3. What We Mean When We Say \"Fighter\"\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"The Right Fighter\"\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"The Lord's Work\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. Writing Heresy\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"Zealots of the Classic Variety\"\u003cbr\u003e 8. Kicking Vietnam Syndrome\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670815633688,"sku":"9781501760655","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/flying-camelot-the-f-15-the-f-16-and-the-weaponization-of-fighter-pilot-nostalgia-hardback-9781501760655","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}