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Black Tulip
Erik Schmidt
其他書名
The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World's Top Fighter Ace
出版Casemate, 2020-02-29
主題Biography & Autobiography / MilitaryHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Aviation & Nautical
ISBN16120082599781612008257
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KFHPDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace—and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War.

Over the course of 1,404 wartime missions, Luftwaffe fighter pilot Erich Hartmann claimed a staggering 352 airborne kills. His storied career contains all the dramas you would expect: frostbitten fighter sweeps over the Eastern Front, drunken forays to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, a decade of imprisonment in the wretched Soviet POW camps, and further military service during the Cold War.

Then, just as Hartmann’s career was faltering, he was adopted by a network of writers and commentators deeply invested in his reputation. These men, mostly Americans, published celebratory stories about Hartmann and his elite fraternity of Luftwaffe pilots. With each dogfight tale put into print, Hartmann’s legacy became loftier and more secure, and his complicated service in support of Nazism faded away. Black Tulip digs beneath this one-dimensional account of Hartmann’s life, revealing a man who was neither a full-blown Nazi nor an impeccable knight.