STRIKE FROM THE SKY (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series) [Hardcover]

HALLION RICHARD (Author)

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• Hardcover: 323 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian; First edition (October 17, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874744520
• ISBN-13: 978-0874744521
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,971,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Strike from the Skies, February 22, 2010

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Strike from the Skies was a pretty good book. It was well written and thoroughly researched but I feel it spent too much time dsicussing close air support during the intra-war years and not enough time on World War Two.
This may seem like a very petty criticism but the photo on the cover didn't really make much sense. I would have expected a P-47 or Typhoon or IL-2 or even a Stuka blowing a tank to smithereens, not a B-26 flying at 10,000 feet.
Maybe I was expecting more "stories of sorties" but I felt the text was a bit dry. I guess I thought it would read more like an adventure novel and therefore was somewhat disappointed. (Flying down on the deck strafing enemy positions has to be a bit of a thrill, right?)