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Indlæser... The Red Knight of Germany (original 1927; udgave 2010)af Floyd Gibbons (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Red Knight of Germany af Floyd Gibbons (1927)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Written in 1927, less than 10 years after Richthofen's death in World War I, Floyd Gibbons gives an up close look, time-wise, at the former cavalryman and avid hunter who became World War I's "Ace-of-Aces." The best part of the book is also one of its weakest. The author tracked down and interviewed many of the pilots who survived being shot down by the Red Baron for their side of the dogfight to compare with Richthofen's own after action reports, which was fascinating. But about halfway through, it started to feel like the book had become just a long, detailed cataloging of the Baron's 80 victories. Then I realized that pretty much was the sum total of this man's entire life. I'd give it 4 stars for aviation Aficionados. I didn't finish this book. I don't know whether it was the author's presentation, or the fact that I was trying to read it on Veteran's Day, but I couldn't stomach it. Baron Von Richthofen seemed to revel in killing. If he wasn't killing men, he was hunting animals so that he could mount their heads as trophies. This man seemed to feel his masculinity and value depended on how many things/people he killed. He was always afraid his brother would outshine him. There may have been some interesting information about the war from Germany's perspective in this book, but I couldn't read it past the 5th chapter. Life is precious and to be valued, mine is too valuable to waste reading this book. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Originally published in 1930, Gibbons used first-hand sources to write Richthofen's biography. There are letters the baron wrote to his mother and the baron's mission reports requesting credit for kills. There are also reports from those who survived aerial combat with Richthofen too. These reports and statements show the respect the pilots had for each other and the baron. While the infantry died in the hundreds of thousands many were left to rot in no man's land, pilots were buried with honors by their enemies. The air war was a separate war.
With all the recent writing of the war at its one hundred year anniversary, this book was written just twelve years after the end of the war and Richthofen death provides some of the best coverage of the air war using primary source material. Perhaps only Rickenbacker's Fighting the Flying Circus is a better source of first-hand material. An excellent biography not only of the war but of the person Richthofen was and his drive to excellence. His fight was not of hate but of sport. For many fighting in the air war, battle was a competition much like a boxing match. It was person against person not country against country and even in war there was respect.
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