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Thursday, December 04, 2008

just another victim of Wall Street greed!

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: Name: Dan Ford; Location: New Hampshire USA

I started writing the Warbird's Blog because it happened to be required of students at King's College London in its 'distance learning' programme in War in the Modern World. Of course it proved to be addictive. So here I am. The photograph was taken at Hampton (NH) Airfield on my 76th birthday. I'm filling the fuselage tank of Zero Six Hotel, a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub which I'm about to fly to Plum Island Airport. (For more on this general subject, go here.) Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

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Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers: "The exciting story of this legendary fighting force that wore American uniforms but Chinese insignia.... Every page contains a new tidbit of information and rich, long-forgotten detail." (WWII magazine)

Incident at Muc Wa: The Vietnam novel that inspired the acclaimed Burt Lancaster movie, Go Tell the Spartans

Michael's War: Two rebels in the County Cork, 1916-1923

The Lady and the Tigers: Olga Greenlaw's 1942 account of her year with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China

When Sun-tzu met Clausewitz: John Boyd, the OODA Loop, and the invasion of Iraq: on getting inside Saddam Hussein's 'decision cycle'

The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One (David Kilcullen) I acquired this book because everyone else has done so. Besides, I like the title. War Studies professors prefer to say 'insurgent', but 'guerrilla' slots nicely into my dissertation on John Boyd, who consistly used that term. I've only begun to read, and will post my thoughts later.

Question? Comment? Newsletter? Send me an email. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford

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