{"product_id":"out-of-the-sky-michael-hickey-9781800559554","title":"Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive survey of the history of airborne warfare from its modest beginnings in 1794 with the use of a tethered balloon, showing how each significant technical development substantially altered the ways in which wars were fought.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Will Iredale, Patrick Bishop and Mark Urban. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the Second World War some of the most daring airborne operations were conducted in Crete, Sicily, Normandy, the Philippines and across the Rhine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet where did the idea of airborne mobility arise from and how did such strategies develop in the years after the defeat of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Hickey's book utilises thorough research, including interviews with many veterans of the campaigns described, to provide a history of airborne warfare in its widest sense: parachute, glider, helicopter and reconnaissance. Covering from its infancy through to the years after the Vietnam War, Hickey provides insight into one of modern warfare's most powerful asset: air-mobility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is an excellent book ... about total battlefield air-mobility - encompassing both the parachute and the helicopter. As such, it fills the void left in many military histories' \u003ci\u003eMilitary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book is especially useful in discussing the development of paradrop operations and takes the story beyond World War II to include Korea, Suez, Israel and Vietnam.' \u003ci\u003eAir University Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e should be essential reading for all interested in the development of air assault tactics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Hickey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800559550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800559554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sapere Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465630372095,"sku":"9781800559554","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b17f4739-5bed-4c41-b0cc-465c78ab4c26.jpg?v=1736346823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-the-sky-michael-hickey-9781800559554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}