{"product_id":"9781501789007","title":"Flying Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlying Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e drops you into cockpits and crisis rooms across the Cold War: supersonic F-5s herding rebel \"Tora-Toras\" over Manila in 1989, F-86 Sabres firing the first Sidewinder missiles against MiG-17s above the Taiwan Strait in 1958, and AT-6s striking a mutinous warship on a river in downtown Bangkok in 1951.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of retelling Vietnam,\u003cem\u003e Flying Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e follows America's three treaty allies in Southeast Asia—Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines—showing how they built airpower that actually worked. The deal was stark: trade territory for technology. By hosting US bases, these countries gained jets, radar, and training they couldn't otherwise afford—while wrestling with the sovereignty headaches that came with a foreign force on their soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the story are \"diplomats in flight suits\": American advisors flying, fixing, and planning alongside their counterparts to turn hand-me-down aircraft into credible defenses and hard-won victories—from the Philippines' air-ground campaign against the Huks to Taiwan's measured, missile-age deterrence. Along the way, Daniel Jackson highlights dogfights, ramp-side ingenuity, and the annual \"Flying Brothers\" weapons meets that forged real fraternity among allied airmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers of military and aviation history, Cold War strategy, and Southeast Asia, this is a fast-moving, clear-eyed account of how alliances actually fight: not with speeches, but with checklists, radar tracks, and pilots who know when to hold fire—and when to press the attack. The result is a persuasive case that well-run advisory missions, tied to coherent political-military aims, can succeed at far lower cost than direct US intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52716176965863,"sku":"Southeast Asia","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/9781501789007.jpg?v=1790793884","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9781501789007","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}