Military historian and aviation-journalist, Albert Grandolini, was born in France and gained an MA in history from Paris I Sorbonne University. His primary research focus is on contemporary conflicts in general and particularly on the military history of Asia. Having spent his childhood in South Vietnam, the Vietnam War has been one of his main fields of research. He is the author of the books "The Fall of the Flying Dragon, South Vietnamese Air Force (1973-1975)" with Harpia Publishing and "Armor of the Vietnam War: the Asian Forces", Concord Publishing. He is also co-author of the two volumes on Libyan Air Wars with Helion in the Africa@War Series. He had also written numerous articles for various British, French and German magazines, such as "Air Enthusiast", "Flieger Revue Extra", "Fana de l’aviation", "Tank Zone" and "Batailles et Blindés". He has regularly contributed to the Air Combat Information Group (ACIG) and the Au Delà de la Colline military history French Website.
"Do not let this slick volume fool you. Fall of the Flying Dragon
fills a major gap in Vietnam War history. The examination of the
relationship of the US military and the final fall of South Vietnam
remains largely untouched. Grandolini utilizes sources from North
and South Vietnam along with personal accounts from participants
recently released...The publisher's mission statement says their
products are "The Aviation Books of a Different Kind: Unique
Topics, In-depth Research, Rare Pictures, High Printing Quality."
Grandolini's, Fall of the Flying Dragon: South Vietnamese Air
Forces 1973-75, hits the Harpia Publishing target with a CEP of
ze"-- "Air Power History, Summer 2015"
"Informative anecdotes augment the account. An introduction,
abbreviations list, four appendices, selected bibliography and
index bracket core contents. Over 400 color and B&W photos
season Harpia's study. And 30 color profiles by the ever-excellent
Tom Cooper splendidly sample the swath of VNAF heraldry. If you
missed this excellent effort the first time around, grab it now. It
deserves pride-of-place in every Cold War reference library.
Robustly recommended!"-- "Cybermodeler"
"You could spend a lifetime reading every book about the Vietnam
War; this is one book you should make room for. Not only has the
author, who has widely published on military and aviation matters,
gone to great lengths to unearth the sort of archival material that
has heretofore not been factored into the equation but this book
begins where so many others end. "-- "SpeedReaders.info"
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