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Bezig met laden... Dreaming Eagles (2016)door Garth Ennis
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. A fictionalised account of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of primarily African-American pilots and airmen who fought during World War Two. If it doesn't quite escape the feel of a history lesson, it's at least a beautifully illustrated one that raises some interesting and important themes. The most overt is America's ongoing identity crisis, which finds its most visible expression in the hypocritical and often brutal treatment of its Black population. For all the glory America may feel in its defeat of Nazi Germany, it fought with a segregated army and is still enacting racist policies today. Tying into that is a compelling theme of the vastness of a war when set against individual human lives. The soldier on the ground – or pilot in the air – may know he's contributing to a larger push, but the scale of the conflict and destruction may make it very hard for him to feel his own efforts are anything but futile. Whether it's Adolf Hitler or Jim Crow, the hardest part of the fight is often pushing on when you can't see the effect you are having. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Inspired by true events, Dreaming Eagles tells the story of the first African American fighter pilots to join the United States Army Air Force in WWII and whose humble beginnings in Tuskegee, Alabama propelled them into the deadly skies above Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Not only were they instrumental against the Nazi war machine, but also braved an equally great challenge, overcoming everyday bigotry amongst their fellow American soldiers as well as civilians at home. High in the heavens, they fought a battle that would change their country and their world forever"--Amazon. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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