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Into the Teeth of the Tiger
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Into the Teeth of the Tiger Paperback - 1997

by Lopez, Donald S., Lopez, Donald S., Sr

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Flying a shark-mouthed P-40 in the skies over China in 1943 and 1944, Donald S. Lopez participated in one of the most remarkable air campaigns of World War II. His INTO THE TEETH OF THE TIGER provides a vivid, pilot's-eye view of one of the most extended projections of American air power in WW II Asia. This edition of Lopez's acclaimed account features new photographs, most never before published. 24 photos.

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  • Title Into the Teeth of the Tiger
  • Author Lopez, Donald S., Lopez, Donald S., Sr
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington DC
  • Date 1997-09-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2074230-6
  • ISBN 9781560987529 / 1560987529
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.05 x 6.01 x 0.63 in (22.99 x 15.27 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96051012
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

Donald S. Lopez served in the US Army Air Force and the US Air Force from 1942 to 1964 and was later on the faculty of the US Air Force Academy. He is currently the deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and the author of Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995).

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Into the Teeth of the Tiger provides a vivid, pilot's-eye view of one of the most extended projections of American air power in World War II Asia. Lopez chronicles every aspect of fighter combat in that theater: harrowing aerial battles, interludes of boredom and inactivity, instances of courage and cowardice. Describing different pilots' roles in each type of mission, the operation of the P-40, and the use of various weapons, he tells how he and his fellow pilots faced not only constant danger but also the munitions shortages, poor food, and rat-infested barracks in a remote sector of the war. The author also offers keen observations of wartime China, from the brutalities of the Japanese occupation to the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and the Communist movement.

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Media reviews

“Much more than a military history, this book is a detailed description of daily life in wartime China.”—Air & Space Magazine

"A fine addition to our knowledge of World War II, especially war in the Far East. . . Relatively few Flying Tigers have written and published their view of 'how it really was.' For readers interested in the China-Burma-India theater in World War II or for those interested in exploring the flexibility of airpower, this book is a must.”—Air & Space Power Journal

About the author

Donald S. Lopez served in the US Army Air Force and the US Air Force from 1942 to 1964 and was later on the faculty of the US Air Force Academy. He is currently the deputy director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and the author of Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995).

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