Univ Pr of Kansas, Date: 2001-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Dust jacket and book are clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 2001. Univ Pr of Kansas ISBN 0700611401 US

Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiii, 369pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: During its titanic military struggle with Germany, the Soviet Union received a major boost with the arrival and deployment of nearly 5,000 Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter planes-courtesy of America's Lend-Lease program. The impact was dramatic, as the Soviets quickly adapted the planes into a devastatingly lethal force. Dmitriy Loza's account, admirably translated and edited by James Gebhardt, vividly re-creates the battle campaigns of this odd coupling of capitalist planes and Marxist pilots and shines a bright light on a little known part of the air war on the Eastern Front. The P-39 proved to be the right plane at the right time for a beleaguered Red Air Force. Built for short range and relatively low altitudes, the P-39 was equipped with a powerful engine and weapons that enabled it to outduel and eventually dominate the Luftwaffe from the Caucusus foothills to Berlin. Focusing on the combat operations and daily life of one unit—the 9th Guards Fighter Division—Loza refutes the myth that the P-39 was used mainly as a "tank buster" or "flying artillery." Instead, its ...

University Press of Kansas 2001 Hard cover New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 369 p. Contains: Illustrations. Modern War Studies (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade.

University Press of Kansas. Good in Good dust jacket. Date: 2002. Hardcover. Hardback; dent to corners of a few pages (not affecting text) otherwise very good in creased dustjacket. ; The combat operations and daily life of the 9th Guards Fighter Division on the Eastern Front. Illustrated, +xiiipp. Introduction by Von Hardesty. ; 369 pages . 2002. University Press of Kansas ISBN 0700611401 9780700611409 [GB]

University Press of Kansas, Date: 2001-11-01. Hardcover. Full number line. 6x1x9. 2001 first printing with full number line hardback no marks and is in great condition with dust coverAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing 2001. University Press of Kansas ISBN 0700611401 9780700611409 [US]

University Press of Kansas, Date: 2001-11. Hardcover. Good. 2001. University Press of Kansas ISBN 0700611401 9780700611409 [US]

Kansas: University Press of Kansas. Date: 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0700611401 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Staining on bottom text block edge and bottom of rear flap. ; Modern War Studies; 9.2 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 392 pages . 2002. University Press of Kansas ISBN 0700611401 9780700611409 [US]

ISBN10: 0700611401, ISBN13: 9780700611409, [publisher: The University Press of Kansas, Lawrence] Hardcover Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xiii, 369pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: During its titanic military struggle with Germany, the Soviet Union received a major boost with the arrival and deployment of nearly 5,000 Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter planes-courtesy of America's Lend-Lease program. The impact was dramatic, as the Soviets quickly adapted the planes into a devastatingly lethal force. Dmitriy Loza's account, admirably translated and edited by James Gebhardt, vividly re-creates the battle campaigns of this odd coupling of capitalist planes and Marxist pilots and shines a bright light on a little known part of the air war on the Eastern Front. The P-39 proved to be the right plane at the right time for a beleaguered Red Air Force. Built for short range and relatively low altitudes, the P-39 was equipped with a powerful engine and weapons that enabled it to outduel and eventually dominate the Luftwaffe from the Caucusus foothills to Berlin. Focusing on the combat operations and daily life of one unitâ€"the 9th Guards Fighter Divisionâ€"Loza refutes the myth that the P-39 was used mainly ...