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More than 50 books by Col. Walter J. Boyne — aviation history, military history, and fiction. Two New York Times bestseller lists. One lifetime of aviation.
Non-Fiction
Operation Iraqi Freedom: What Went Right, What Went Wrong, and Why
Forge Books · 2003
Written with real-time access to Air Force commanders, Boyne's definitive account of the air campaign that decided the Iraq War. The Chinese government bought 2,000 copies.
How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare
Pelican Publishing · 2011
A sweeping history of rotary-wing aviation in combat — Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War — and the controversial argument that helicopter design has been stagnant for thirty years.
The Influence of Air Power upon History
Pelican Publishing · 2003
Boyne's thesis that air power has been the decisive element in every major conflict since World War I — and why politicians and generals keep failing to understand it.
Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the U.S. Air Force 1947–2007
Thomas Dunne Books · 2007
The authoritative one-volume history of the United States Air Force from its creation through the Iraq War. Updated and expanded for the USAF's 60th anniversary.
Clash of Wings: World War II in the Air
Simon & Schuster · 1994
The definitive single-volume history of air combat in World War II — from the Blitzkrieg to Hiroshima — by one of America's most respected aviation historians.
Messerschmitt Me 262: Arrow to the Future
Smithsonian Institution Press · 1980
The definitive book on the world's first operational jet fighter — the aircraft that could have changed the course of World War II if the Luftwaffe had used it correctly.
Silver Wings: A History of the United States Air Force
Simon & Schuster · 1993
A lavishly illustrated history of American military aviation from the Wright Brothers through Desert Storm.
The Jetmakers: The Aerospace Industry from 1945 to 1972
Harlan Davidson · 1977
The inside story of how American aerospace companies navigated the postwar boom and bust — and built the jet age.
Fiction
The Wild Blue
Crown Publishers · 1986 with Steven Thompson
Boyne's debut novel — a New York Times fiction bestseller — following American B-17 crews over Germany in World War II. A vivid, technically accurate portrait of strategic bombing.
Trophy for Eagles
Crown Publishers · 1989
The story of Frank Bandfield — a fictional American pilot who races from the Golden Age of Aviation through the battles of World War II.
Eagles at War
Crown Publishers · 1991
The second Bandfield novel — following the ace into the air battles of World War II as the US and Germany race to deploy the first operational jet fighters.
Weapons of Desert Storm
Publications International · 1991
A New York Times non-fiction bestseller — the weapons, tactics, and technology behind the 100-hour Gulf War that stunned the world.
Book Reviews by Col. Boyne
- Whirlwind — Barrett Tillman
- Shattered Sword — Parshall & Tully
- American Combat Planes — Ray Wagner
- British Airways: The Imperial Years — R.E.G. Davies
- Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" — Holger Nauroth
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190A — Anniversary Volume
- A Cold War Legacy: SAC 1946–1992 — Alwyn Lloyd
- Boeing's B-47 Stratojet — Alwyn Lloyd
- Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology — Jeremy Kinney
- Airships: Three Essential Volumes
- I Could Never Be So Lucky Again — Gen. Jimmy Doolittle