Bill Yenne
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Bill Yenne is the author of three dozen works of biography and historical nonfiction, including many books on military and aviation history. His previous books about combat aviation include Superfortress: The B-29 and American Airpower in World War II (written with legendary U.S. Air Force näytä lisää commander General Curtis E. LeMay), The Story of the Boeing Company, and The American Aircraft Factory in World War II. Most recently, he has written B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World's Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. www.billyenne.com näytä vähemmän
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The encyclopedia of North American Indian tribes : a comprehensive study of tribes from the Abitibi to the Zuni (1986) 117 kappaletta
Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II (2009) 76 kappaletta
To the Edge of the Universe: The Exploration of Outer Space With Nasa/08196 (1986) — Toimittaja — 58 kappaletta
100 Inventions That Shaped World History: Companion To: 100 Events That Shaped World History (1993) 55 kappaletta
Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS (2010) 43 kappaletta
Operation Long Jump: Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Greatest Assassination Plot in History (2015) 43 kappaletta
Hit the Target: Eight Men who Led The Eighth Air Force to Victory over the Luftwaffe (2015) 38 kappaletta
Alexander the Great: Lessons from History's Undefeated General (World Generals (Palgrave MacMillan)) (2010) 38 kappaletta
Area 51 - Black Jets: A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base (2014) 34 kappaletta
Cities of Gold: Legendary Kingdoms, Quixotic Quests, and Fantastic New World Wealth (2011) 27 kappaletta
Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II (2007) 25 kappaletta
When Tigers Ruled the Sky: The Flying Tigers: American Outlaw Pilots over China in World War II (2016) 24 kappaletta
The Other Custers: Tom, Boston, Nevin, and Maggie in the Shadow of George Armstrong Custer (2018) 23 kappaletta
B-52 Stratofortress: The Complete History of the World's Longest Serving and Best Known Bomber (2012) 22 kappaletta
MacArthur's Air Force: American Airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941-51 (2019) 19 kappaletta
The White Rose of Stalingrad: The Real-Life Adventure of Lidiya Vladimirovna Litvyak, the Highest Scoring Female Air… (2013) 18 kappaletta
Rail Roads of North America: History of the Burlington Northern Rail Road (Railroads of North America Series) (1991) 17 kappaletta
Julius Caesar: Lessons in Leadership from the Great Conqueror (World Generals Series) (2012) 17 kappaletta
Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive: Sixty Days That Changed the Course of World War II (2003) 15 kappaletta
Black '41: The West Point Class of 1941 and the American Triumph in World War II (1991) 12 kappaletta
Building the B-17 Flying Fortress: A Detailed Look at Manufacturing Boeing’s Legendary World War II Bomber in… (2021) 9 kappaletta
The Complete History of U.S. Cruise Missiles: From Kettering's 1920s' Bug & 1950's Snark to Today's Tomahawk (2018) 8 kappaletta
The 377 Stratocruiser & KC-97 Stratofreighter: Boeing's Great Post War Transports (2014) 7 kappaletta
Secret Gadgets and Strange Gizmos: High-Tech (and Low-Tech) Innovations of the U.S. Military (2005) 7 kappaletta
Birds of Prey: Predators, Reapers and America's Newest UAVs in Combat (Specialty Press) (2010) 5 kappaletta
America's Round-engine Warbirds: Airframes and Powerplants at the Close of the Military Prop Era (2022) 4 kappaletta
The Great Railroads of North America 4 kappaletta
The Sand Creek Massacre: The Official 1865 Congressional Report with James P. Beckwourth's Additional Testimony and… (2016) 3 kappaletta
The Illustrated History of the American Railroad, 3 Volume Set: The History of the Southern Pacific; The History of the… (1988) 1 kappale
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- Yenne, William P.
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- YENNE William P.
YENNE, Bill - Syntymäaika
- 1949-10-01
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- USA
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- San Francisco, California, USA
- Koulutus
- University of Montana
Stanford University - Ammatit
- Book producer
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- American Aviation Historical Society
American Society of Journalists and Authors
American Book Producers Association
St. Philip's Belfry Society (founding member)
American Graphic Systems BookWorks, founder and president, 1983--
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The Fire of Greed (Bladen Cole Bounty Hunter) Tekijä: Bill Yenne
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Good beginner's history of the classic brew.
The remarkable career of Henry H. Arnold, a pilot who rose to be the first 5-star general of the U.S. Air Force and who was responsible in large part for building the Air Force from a minor adjunct of the U.S. Army into the overwhelming military aviation force in the world, is an interesting read as laid out here by Bill Yenne. In particular, the leadership Arnold exhibited during the Second World War is fascinating to read about. The book, as biography, does not soar very high, and is probably of interest mainly to those with a fascination with military or aviation history. Yenne likes to use the first, middle, and last names of various figures repetitiously throughout the book, which became a distracting authorial tic after a while. His approach to history is thorough, but the book was a bit of a letdown after some of the magnificent biographies I've read lately. It's probably the best book on Arnold, but that's faint praise. Very readable, but not very affecting.… (lisätietoja)
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