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War, Stalin-era politics and human emotion mix in these first-person accounts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50010621837585,"sku":"CIN1585441775A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50491039023377,"sku":"GOR006573305","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50952427241745,"sku":"CIN1585441775VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51038354211089,"sku":"NIN9781585441778","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51566323794193,"sku":"CIN1585441775G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52423980843281,"sku":"NLS9781585441778","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1585441775.jpg?v=1763221459"},{"product_id":"silver-lining-book-anne-noggle-9780826307316","title":"Silver Lining","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51527793836305,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51527793967377,"sku":"GOR014316920","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0826307310.jpg?v=1751201678"},{"product_id":"dance-with-death-book-anne-noggle-9780890966013","title":"A Dance with Death","description":"In their own vivid words, the women members of the Soviet air force recount their dramatic efforts against the German forces in World War I. These brave women, the first ever to fly in combat, proved that women could be among the best of warriors, withstanding the rigors of combat and downing the enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women who tell their stories here began the war mostly as inexperienced girls--many of them teenagers. In support of their homeland, they volunteered to serve as bomber and fighter pilots, navigator-bombardiers, gunners, and support crews. Flying against the Luftwaffe, they saw many of their friends--as well as many of their foes--fall to earth in flames. Their three combat Air Force regiments fought as many as one thousand missions during the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor their heroism and success against the enemy, two of the women's regiments were honored by designation as Guard regiments. At least thirty women were decorated with the gold star of Hero of the Soviet Union, their nation's highest award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut equally courageous were the women's efforts to show the Red Army that they were entirely adequate to the great role they sought. For even though Stalin had decreed equality for both sexes, the women had to grapple initially with deep distrust from male pilots and Red Army officers, against whom they eventually prevailed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWar, Stalin-era politics, and human emotion mix in these gripping, first-person accounts. Supported by photographs of the women at war, the stories are unforgettable. Portraits of the women as they are now, taken by award-winning photographer Anne Noggle, add the perspective of time to the experiences of the survivors of this great dance with death.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51747034562833,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51747035218193,"sku":"CIN089096601XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780890966013.jpg?v=1750990512"},{"product_id":"for-god-country-and-the-thrill-of-it-book-anne-noggle-9780890964019","title":"For God, Country, and the Thrill of It","description":"American women pilots garnered much attention during the Gulf War, but American women were in fact military pilots as far back as World War II. Anne Noggle, now a photographer and author based in Albuquerque, has captured the spirit of these dynamic aviation pioneers in her photographic book \u003ci\u003eFor God, Country, and the Thrill of It\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1943-44 Noggle was a WASP--a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots group, the country's first women military pilots. She and her colleagues disproved assertions that women would be too emotional or high-strung to fly military aircraft. They flew every type of plane in use at the time, initially ferrying aircraft wherever they were needed and later serving as test pilots and enemy in training maneuvers for male combat flyers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarning $50 a month less than male counterparts in noncombatant roles, WASPs were called on several times to test planes, such as the P-39, that male flyers had declared flying coffins. The women flyers had better records and adhered to flight regulations, and after their test flights the military declared that the planes were indeed safe to fly--if flown properly. Still, thirty-eight WASPs did lose their lives on active duty. Not until 1979, however, did Congress affirm that these women had been in active military service and were thus eligible for veterans' benefits. Women Airforce Service Pilots had been abruptly dismissed in December 1944, when it was decided that they were no longer needed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1944 Anne Noggle has been a flight instructor, a crop duster, and an air show pilot. More recently she has turned her considerable energy and enthusiasm toward photography and serves on the arts faculty at the University of New Mexico. It was at the 1986 WASP reunion at their old training ground on the flat prairies of Sweetwater, Texas, that Anne Noggle made the stunning photographs of these military pioneers. The \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e reported that the portraits, taken against a neutral background that focuses attention on the women themselves, are the heart of the book. . . . Pride and confidence are hallmarks of these pictures. Some women wear their uniforms and the rest wear every manner of civilian dress. But all of them wear their wings and their age with the distinct bearing of people who challenged their own strength of character and won. The WASP portraits have been exhibited across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ms. Noggle's interest in photography on women's experiences in the military took her to Moscow three times, even as the Soviet Union dissolved. Her forthcoming book, \u003ci\u003eA Dance with Death\u003c\/i\u003e (fall 1994), presents the stories of the Soviet Union's female combat pilots in World War II, along with historic photographs and contemporary portraits by Noggle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53025968783633,"sku":"CIN0890964017VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53097647145233,"sku":"GOR014738926","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780890964019.jpg?v=1768454008"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-anne-noggle.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}