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TALKING WITH THE RED BARON: 'Interviews' with Manfred von Richthofen
Using the profile of a German journalist reporting from the front line of World War One, the author places questions to the best-known flyer of all time.
The questions are pertinent and diverse and bring 'responses' that are wholly based on established documented evidence. The process brings freshness to our understanding of the formative years of military aviation when the speeds were slower but the skill and the daring, the pressures and the risks, matched any battle-scene before or since. The immediacy given by this fascinating technique enables readers to gain their historical knowledge through the personalities of the past to a greater degree than ever before.
All the comments ascribed to von Richthofen are based on his own writings or those who knew him, on log books and official records, and on family and military archives, including never before accessed records and reports.
The Red Baron was not pursued around his battlefield by BBC or CNN but if he had been this would have been the result! The Red Baron comes alive in a new and exciting way!
The questions are pertinent and diverse and bring 'responses' that are wholly based on established documented evidence. The process brings freshness to our understanding of the formative years of military aviation when the speeds were slower but the skill and the daring, the pressures and the risks, matched any battle-scene before or since. The immediacy given by this fascinating technique enables readers to gain their historical knowledge through the personalities of the past to a greater degree than ever before.
All the comments ascribed to von Richthofen are based on his own writings or those who knew him, on log books and official records, and on family and military archives, including never before accessed records and reports.
The Red Baron was not pursued around his battlefield by BBC or CNN but if he had been this would have been the result! The Red Baron comes alive in a new and exciting way!
248 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 2003
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February 25, 2025
Oh wow this is such a satisfying read! I can totally see Kilduff giggling when he typed this.
I have really big expectation on this book bc it seems so interesting and wow it really delivers!
I have really big expectation on this book bc it seems so interesting and wow it really delivers!
November 28, 2021
This is basically a seasoned historian's self-insert fanfiction, and honestly I love that for my man Peter Kilduff.
It's an interesting read in an interesting format, and one can see that the author had quite a bit of fun writing it and imagining himself interviewing the Red Baron. The unusual exposition method does not take away from the information and historical account, as Kilduff managed to squeeze every bit of his knowledge into this book.
Enjoable read, would reccomend
It's an interesting read in an interesting format, and one can see that the author had quite a bit of fun writing it and imagining himself interviewing the Red Baron. The unusual exposition method does not take away from the information and historical account, as Kilduff managed to squeeze every bit of his knowledge into this book.
Enjoable read, would reccomend
March 12, 2008
one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Richthofen has always been one of my greatest heroes, and this book is put together beautifuly. The author a german journalists sources to piece together an "interview" with Manfred, as if he was able to talk with him personally.
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