Edward Jablonski Bücher
1. Jänner 1923 – 10. Februar 2004
Edward Jablonski verfasste Biografien bedeutender amerikanischer Kulturschaffender, darunter Komponisten und Texter, sowie Werke zur Luftfahrtgeschichte. Seine tiefe Faszination für die Luftfahrt, die durch seinen Dienst im Zweiten Weltkrieg verstärkt wurde, führte ihn zur Erforschung ihrer Rolle in der Kriegsführung und technologischen Entwicklung. Eine prägende Freundschaft mit dem Texter Ira Gershwin beeinflusste seine frühen Schriften maßgeblich. Jablonskis umfangreiche freiberufliche Karriere umfasste Artikel, Musikkritiken und Album-Booklets, wobei sein letztes Projekt die Chronik der amerikanischen Popmusik zum Ziel hatte.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Army Air Forces had only 1,100 combat-ready planes. No one could have imagined then that within the next four years the AAF would become the mighty weapon commemorated in the paintings reproduced on the following pages, or that it would have to scope to engage in what its commander, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, described as a "global mission." Nevertheless, by 1944 the AAF had grown into 16 separate air forces stationed around the world, and its 1,100 planes had grown to nearly 80,000.
Text and photographs give some attention to the home front and to the high military commanders behind the lines but concentrate on the soldier on the front lines
Combines a basic history of World War II with more than four hundred captioned photographs, and features charts, maps, and a wealth of specific facts.
Enriched with excerpts and insights from personal correspondence and interviews--plus lively anecdotes and rare, never-before-published photographs--this fascinating portrait brings us closer to the real persona of George Gershwin than ever before. 81 black-and-white photographs.
