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AIRBORNE A COMBAT HISTORY OF AMERICAN AIRBORNE FORCES
Book Type: C By E.M. Flanagan. This account emphasizes the WWII development and deployment of paratroopers. Vietnam and Gulf War chapters account for fewer than 100 of the nearly 500 pages here, and ground fighting is decidedly not emphasized. Flanagan assumes a basic knowledge of military terminology, but provides strategic and tactical background throughout. Combat jump episodes are well leavened with the experiences of individual soldiers (taken from memoirs and recollections), beginning in North Africa in 1942 and continuing through Sicily (where troops were caught in friendly anti-aircraft fire), New Guinea, an abortive 1943 jump on Rome and smaller Italian operations leading up to D-Day in Normandy in June 1944. Ground fighting during the Battle of the Bulge and several glider landings are also covered, and there is a refreshing amount of testimony relating to Pacific operations. 496 pp. 
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