{"product_id":"aces-high-the-war-in-the-air-over-the-western-front-1914-18-paperback","title":"Aces High: The War in the Air over the Western Front 1914-18 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1973, this is an account of those forbidden to carry parachutes; they lived in dread of being shot down in flames; their life expectancy was measured in days...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut these were the flyers who became legends in their own life-times - Albert Ball, Manfred von Richthofen, Mick Mannock, Rene Fonck, Georges Guynemer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAces High\u003c\/i\u003e is the vivid chronicle of aerial warfare over the Western Front during five turbulent years of World War One.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Clark, 1928 -1999 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA British Conservative MP and diarist, Clark is perhaps best known from the years that he served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade, and Defence, and in the Privy Council. Despite being a slightly controversial character politically, he wrote throughout his life and parts of his diaries were published and subsequently televised. He was the author of several books of military history, including his controversial work The Donkeys (1961), which is considered to have inspired the musical satire, \u003ci\u003eOh, What a Lovely War!\u003c\/i\u003e And \u003ci\u003eAces High, The War in the Air Over the Western Front 1914-18\u003c\/i\u003e (1973)\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9.25 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624291954995,"sku":"9781448200191","price":28.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UlFIcll3MjVYckRyTnR6cEJLOHQ3UT09.webp?v=1762001845","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/aces-high-the-war-in-the-air-over-the-western-front-1914-18-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}