"This is a fascinating book about wartime politics, military strategies, and the birth pains of an independent U.S. Air Force - Which was forged in fire over Brest, Schweinfurt, and Berlin. When the German Luftwaffe spearheaded the invasion of Poland, in 1939, the United States was ill prepared to wage war. Lack of manpower was surpassed only by a lack of equipment, and very little of that could be classified as modern."--Book Jacket.