Walter J. Boyne, Author Stewart, Tabori, & Chang $29.95 (231p) ISBN 978-0-941434-93-5
In this beautifully illustrated book, Boyne surveys ""the frothing brew of innovation'' from the Lilienthal glider experiments down to the present day of military, commercial and general aviation, then takes an informed speculative look into the...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Simon & Schuster $27.5 (384p) ISBN 978-0-684-80196-4
Boyne writes about naval surface warfare during WWII with fervid enthusiasm. The war at sea was undeniably the most far-reaching conflict ever, but Boyne insists it was also ``the most fascinating period in the history of naval warfare.'' His...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Simon & Schuster $25 (416p) ISBN 978-0-671-79370-8
Boyne, novelist ( The Wild Blue ) and aviation historian ( Silver Wings ), here offers a stimulating overview of air power in WW II. While intended primarily for general readers, the account will attract specialists as well. Boyne argues that air...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Crown Publishers $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-57609-0
This third novel in the Eagles series eschews the melodramatic plot twists that characterized Trophy for Eagles and Eagles at War. Here Boyne offers a straightforward technothriller/adventure story focused on the U.S. Air Force during its first...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Crown Publishers $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-57610-6
Boyle recycles the major characters from Trophy for Eagles to tell the story of aviation's development as a decisive weapon in WW II. Frank Caldwell, now a hard-hitting Air Force general, and still-hot pilot Frank Bandfield match wits and skills...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Crown Publishers $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-57276-4
Boyne, coauthor of The Wild Blue , here explores the golden age of aviation: the years from 1927 to 1937, when flying airplanes developed from an art to a craft and building them evolved from a craft to an industry. While peopled with historical...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author St. Martin's Press $29.95 (442p) ISBN 978-0-312-15474-5
Retired Air Force colonel Boyne (Clash of Titans, 1995, etc.) effectively describes the development of aerospace technology: aircraft, missiles and the electronic systems that shape their employment. His operational narratives, particularly those of
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-31422-3
Aviation did not begin with the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, but with the first balloons of the 1780s, and with the plans of early inventors, such as those of da Vinci. This large volume on the history of flight focuses on the importance of...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author Potomac Books $27.5 (256p) ISBN 978-1-57488-368-8
A retired U.S. Air Force pilot, former director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and a bestselling author, Walter J. Boyne (Aces in Command) has written hundreds of magazine articles during his 40-year secondary career in ...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author . Forge $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-0845-0
Boyne, former director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, delivers the final installment in his historical aerospace trilogy, after Roaring Thunder
and Supersonic Thunder
. Spanning from 1973 to 2007, the novel follows three...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author . Forge $24.95 (303p) ISBN 978-0-765-30843-6
Best known for his numerous first-class nonfiction aviation histories, Boyne has also produced aviation sagas (such as Roaring Thunder
), and here inaugurates a trilogy with mixed success. Vance Shannon and his twin sons, Tom and Harry, are big...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, Daniel M. Tellep, Foreword by, Daniel M. Tellwp, Author St. Martin's Press $29.95 (542p) ISBN 978-0-312-19237-2
Although less broadly geared than Beyond the Wild Blue, Boyne's latest is remarkable for its depth of research. Boyne, a retired air force colonel and former director of the National Air and Space Museum, leaves scarcely a wingflap unchecked,...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, David Finn, Photographer, Douglas Lewis, Introduction by Hudson Hills Press $50 (163p) ISBN 978-1-55595-063-7
An American sculptor whose works reflect his love of aviation and space technology, John Safer (b. 1922) twists metal and plastic into soaring, angular forms, with mirrorlike surfaces that manipulate light and color. Striving for simplicity, he...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, Lucinda Lewis, Photographer Stewart, Tabori, & Chang $40 (240p) ISBN 978-1-55670-042-2
Clearly enjoying his subject, Boyne ( The Leading Edge ) offers here a lively portrait of man's second best friend, tracking the automobile from its creation to the present. The book is accompanied by some 200 elegant photographs: a 1938 Jaguar SS-10
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, Fred Smith, Foreword by, Leslie Leyland Fields, Author . St. Martin's $25.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-27303-3
Boyne's focus on Israel's initial defeats after being surprised by Egypt and Syria in the fall of 1973 establishes the key scenario of his book: a near-ultimatum to U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that Israel's continuing...
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, Ronald R. Fogleman, Foreword by Forge $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1038-5
This hastily assembled after-action report illustrates the pitfalls of writing military history before the dust has settled. A big one is that, lacking the necessary time to discern the forest from the trees, the author's narrative remains a clutter
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Walter J. Boyne, Author, Stephen L. Thompson, Author Random House Value Publishing $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-517-56285-7
This bulky novel about the U.S. Air Force from its creation in 1947 to 1978 was composed, we are told, on the writers' personal computersa fact possibly responsible, in part, for its undistinguished style and lack of sustained tension. Boyne (one-tim
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