{"product_id":"flying-brothers","title":"Flying Brothers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlying Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of retelling Vietnam,\u003ci\u003e Flying Brothers\u003c\/i\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\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\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":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261078479192,"sku":"9781501789007","price":39.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501789007.jpg?v=1779870617","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/flying-brothers","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}