Author: WARD, SHARKEY
Title: Sea Harrier over the Falklands / [by] Commander Sharkey Ward
Description: London : Cassell 2003. Cassell Military Paperbacks edition. reprint. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: [xix]. 377 p. : ill. map. plans. [16] p. of plates. appendices ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies. Sharkey Ward's dramatic first-hand story of the air war in the South Atlantic is also an extraordinary. outspoken account of inter-Service rivalries. bureaucratic interference. and dangerous ignorance of the realities of air combat among many senior commanders. As Sharkey Ward reveals. the 801 pilots were fighting not just the enemy. exhaustion. and the hostile weather. but also the prejudice and ignorance of their own side. Subject: Ward. Sharkey - Personal narratives. Great Britain. Royal Navy - History - Falkland Islands War. 1982 - Aerial operations - Harrier (Jet fighter plane) - Air forces & warfare ; War & defence operations - Australasian & Pacific history: from c 1900 - British & Irish history: from c 1900 - Transportation / General. Series: Cassell military paperbacks. Genre: Autobiography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0304355429. Weight in Kg appr.:

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