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Manfred Von Richthofen

The High Price of Glory

Af: Tim Hillier-Graves
Kategori: History & military
Kategori nr.: 9210
Varenr.: 3358474
| Stregkode: 9781036100261
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It is more than a hundred years since Manfred von Richthofen, the ‘Red Baron’, was killed in combat on the Western Front. Yet this gallant fighter pilot is probably as well known today as he was his lifetime. Beginning in 1916, when his lethal skills were first realised, his image proved a godsend to his country’s propaganda machine. There, far above the misery of life in the trenches, was a shooting star of unimaginable potency to help pacify a weary nation that was now beginning to believe that the war was no longer necessary or the losses justified. And so, an image of chivalry was conjured up and exploited with little regard of the cost of this to an increasingly war weary man. _Manfred von Richthofen: The Red Baron and the High Price of Glory_ draws on many sources, some previously untapped, including interviews with pilots he fought alongside and against, official documents held in collections around the world and the work of three noted Great War historians, two of whom began their work in the 1920s, all now dead but who left a rich legacy of research for us to explore. In addition, there are interviews with fifty or so pilots from the Second World War, who went through much that von Richthofen experienced above the Western Front and could speak with authority about the effects of continuous combat flying on aviators. This is the story of how a young cavalry officer eager to serve his country became a pilot and then, when success beckoned, had his life taken over by a very skilled group of publicists, writers, photographers and artists. Every element of his life was picked over, dissected and revealed to an ever-growing and intrusive audience. If he had simply been a celebrity – royalty, an actor or politician – this attention might have been accepted, but he was a front line pilot daily courting death, leading many other men in a constant life or death struggle. So here we have a man severely stressed by war, then stripped of his privacy and any opportunity to rest. Inevitably, some might say, he became another victim of a bloody war, but even in death the exploitation continued and was then re-awakened a decade or so later by the Nazi’s to help promote an even bloodier war.

Detaljer

  • EAN
    9781036100261
  • Vægt
    562 g
  • Disponent
    Direkte titel
  • Forfatter
    Tim Hillier-Graves
  • Forlag
    Pen & Sword Books Ltd
  • ISBN
    9781036100261
  • Sprog
    Engelsk
  • Sideantal
    296
  • Udgivelsesdato
  • Format
    HARDBACK
  • Themakode
    NHD, HBJD
  • Kategori
    History & military
  • Kategori nr
    9210
  • Lev. varenr.
    1501
  • Højde/Dybde (mm)
    164 mm
  • Bredde (mm)
    240 mm
  • Længde (mm)
    32 mm