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Book Title: Air Commando One : Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Item Length: 9.2 in
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2000
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 1960s
Item Height: 1.1 in
Author: Warren A. Trest
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Aircraft, Air Force, Combat, Espionage, Memoir, Vietnam War, Military / United States, Military / Aviation, Military, CIA
Subjects: History & Military
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Item Width: 6.3 in
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
