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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Leo McKinstryPublisher: John Murray Press Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9781529319378ISBN 10: 1529319374 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 23 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsIf any branch of Britain's armed force in the Second World War needs saving from an undeserved obscurity, it is RAF Coastal Command. McKinstry has done a fine job in rescuing it from long neglect -- Richard Overy, author of BLOOD AND RUINS A story as satisfying as it is utterly compelling -- Duncan Campbell-Smith, author of JET MAN An engrossing account of the huge, and often under-appreciated, contribution made by RAF Coastal Command to the defeat of Hitler's Reich -- Brendan Simms, co-author of HITLER'S AMERICAN GAMBLE Compelling. McKinstry's masterful grasp of his subject shines in this story of RAF Coastal Command. Detailed, readable and important -- David Price, author of THE CREW and MOSQUITO MEN The men of Coastal Command have long deserved a worthy monument to their amazing deeds. Leo McKinstry has provided it magnificently -- Patrick Bishop, author of FIGHTER BOYS If any branch of Britain's armed force in the Second World War needs saving from an undeserved obscurity, it is RAF Coastal Command. McKinstry has done a fine job in rescuing it from long neglect -- Richard Overy, author of BLOOD AND RUINS A story as satisfying as it is utterly compelling -- Duncan Campbell-Smith, author of JET MAN An engrossing account of the huge, and often under-appreciated, contribution made by RAF Coastal Command to the defeat of Hitler's Reich -- Brendan Simms, co-author of HITLER'S AMERICAN GAMBLE Compelling. McKinstry's masterful grasp of his subject shines in this story of RAF Coastal Command. Detailed, readable and important -- David Price, author of THE CREW and MOSQUITO MEN The men of Coastal Command have long deserved a worthy monument to their amazing deeds. Leo McKinstry has provided it magnificently -- Patrick Bishop, author of FIGHTER BOYS Illuminating -- Nick Rennison * Mail on Sunday * Author InformationLeo McKinstry has been a successful, high-profile writer for almost three decades, winning praise for his fluent style, his range of subjects and his diligent research. He is the author of twelve non-fiction books, including a trilogy on the RAF during the Second World War, several football and cricket biographies, two of which won the WHSmith Sports Book of the Year awards, and a study of the 19th century Liberal Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, which was named as the Channel Four Political Book of the Year in 2006. He is also a national newspaper journalist. Since 2005 he has been a twice-weekly columnist on the Daily Express, while he has been a feature writer on the Daily Mail for 27 years. His articles have also appeared in the Daily Telegraph, Independent, The Spectator, The Oldie, New Statesman and The Cricketer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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