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(More customer reviews)I must agree with the previous reviewer - this book is a disappointment. There is very few large paintings - almost all the space is devoted to the text. Most of the paintings are very small (less than half a page) which takes off most of their interest. There is a lot of the white and black small size pictures (mostly of the pilots) but this is really not what I bought this book for. I was certain that it was a book af art of air warfare - and it seems I was deceived on the purpose by the publisher.
And finally, the text - it is HORRIBLE! Very little useful information is given, and most of it is served "a la sauce des cliches" (forgive my French) which makes it partly boring and partly upsetting. Oh, and of course all air warfare was always made by Americans... do not expect British, German, Russian, Japanese, French or Italians to appear in the pages of this book. There is just one Polish guy and it gives the author the occasion to say some mean things on Polish fight against Germans in 1939...
All in all, a disappointment. Do not waste your money...
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Combat in the Sky vividly portrays the heart-stopping drama of aerial combat in over 85 full-color paintings and illustration paintings by the world's leading aviation artists from North America and the United Kingdom.Artwork from the world's famous artists include Keith Ferris, James Dietz, William Phillips, and Craig Kodera. This artful time capsule offers a glimpse at history-making planes such as the Enola Gay, through the fighters and bombers of the Korean and Vietnam wars, to the high-tech aerial weaponry of Desert Storm and the modern era. While these stunningly captivating works of art serve as the book's core, descriptive captions for each painting and an authoritative and informative text create a cohesive whole.
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