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"""In this extraordinary study, Robertson traces the American air service from its inception during World War I through the second Gulf conflict and reveals how through the romanticized myth of the flying ace the vision of ""clean"" or civilized combat was sold to receptive politicians and a gullible public. A highly controversial yet stimulating book that demands to be read."" - Library Journal ""The Dream of Civilized Warfare fills a crying need for an approach to the history of military aviation that acknowledges the forces of social and cultural history."" - Military History"""

In this extraordinary study, Robertson traces the American air service from its inception during World War I through the second Gulf conflict and reveals how through the romanticized myth of the flying ace the vision of clean or civilized combat was sold to receptive politicians and a gullible public. A highly controversial yet stimulating book that demands to be read. - Library Journal The Dream of Civilized Warfare fills a crying need for an approach to the history of military aviation that acknowledges the forces of social and cultural history. - Military History

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Linda R. Robertson is professor and director of the Media and Society program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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