Olga Greenlaw kept the War Diary of the American Volunteer Group--the Flying Tigers--while those gallant mercenaries... More > defended Burma and China from Japanese aggression during the opening months of the Pacific War. Returning to the United States in 1942, she wrote 'The Lady and the Tigers', which war correspondent Leland Stowe hailed as "an authoritative, gutsy and true to life story of the AVG."

Out of print for more than half a century, her book has now been brought up to date by Daniel Ford, author of 'Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers'. What's more, Ford explains for the first time where Olga and Harvey Greenlaw came from, how they became caught up in the saga of the Flying Tigers, and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG. This ebook edition has numerous photos of the American Volunteer Group, some published here for the first time. < Less

In 1941 at the age of 23, Glen Edwards learned to fly in a wood, fabric, and metal biplane. In 1948 he died in the fiery... More > crash of a Northrop Flying Wing, one of the Air Force's most advanced jet-propelled bombers. As a combat pilot in World War II and as a test pilot during a postwar period of unpredented aeronautical innovation, Edwards was counted among the best of a new generation of military aviators.

Conveying both the exhaustion of combat and the exhilaration of flying some of the world's fastest, most sophisticated planes, Edwards's diary conveys the full trajectory of his career: the near-daily bombing missions over North Africa and Italy for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, a record-breaking cross-country flight in the Douglas XB-42 "Mixmaster," a stint at Princeton to study aircraft stability and control, and his role in developing the Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, a precursor of today's B-2 Stealth bomber. < Less

In this short paper, Daniel Ford combines a survey of the literature with his father's memories of the Irish rebellion and... More > civil war that followed the First World War. < Less

When he set out on his road to rebellion, Michael Ford only wanted to keep the foxes out of Hannon's Glen. But before he was... More > done, he found himself exchanging rifle fire with the British army, with an unlikely ally in the form of Annabel Love, the squire's daughter. "Michael's War" tracks the course of revolution and civil war that rended Ireland from 1916 to 1923. It ends with its hero escaping to America--but what sweetheart will he ask to join him in the new world? A conflicted love story set during the Irish rebellion and civil war, early in the 20th century. < Less

The monograph prepared by Capt. Boyd in 1961, and the first statement of Energy Maneuverability, now the basis of aerial... More > combat doctrine in all western air forces. < Less

John Boyd was a fighter pilot in the Korean War, an instructor at the US Air Force Fighter Weapons School, and arguably... More > America's greatest military thinker. His concept of the OODA Loop helped guide the US military during two wars against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. This 3500-word 'long essay' was prepared for the War in the Modern World programme at King's College London by Daniel Ford, an American journalist and historian. < Less