Wild Blue
by Stephen E. Ambrose
George McGovern's B-24 crew over Italy and Austria: training, missions, losses, and the quiet heroism of a man later known only as a losing presidential candidate. Short and moving; also controversial for borrowed passages.
Read it if…
you want the bomber war through one crew.
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Skip it if…
you want original scholarship; it has an attribution problem.
Try instead: Lone Survivor →
Three things you will actually use
- Courage is often undramatic.
- Crews depend on each pilot's calm.
- Reputations hide service.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the missions over Linz.
Our verdict
One crew, moving.
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