{"product_id":"v-force-2","title":"V-Force","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impressive... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible.' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THREE VERY DIFFERENT models of V class bomber comprising Britain's strategic nuclear strike force - Vickers Valiant, Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor - marked a radical change in post-war bomber design. From the time they first entered service between 1955 and 1957, these charismatic, high-flying jets stole the public imagination. Theirs, though, was a terrible beauty. In 1956, over the South Australian desert, Valiant WZ366 was the first British aircraft to drop an operational atomic bomb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe V-bombers were Britain's premier Cold War aircraft. But frictions in Anglo-American relations alongside\u003cbr\u003edevelopments in radar and surface-to-air missiles led to the Royal Navy taking over Britain's nuclear deterrent role in 1968. Despite this, the V-bombers enjoyed a second life in conventional roles, most notably when Vulcans undertook the longest bombing raids in history in the 1982 Falklands War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eV-Force\u003c\/i\u003e sets these formidable, haunting aircraft in the story of the development of twentieth-century weapons of mass destruction, military rivalries and international politics. It is both an extraordinary ode to the V-bombers and a unique lens through which to view Britain's Cold War experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57338088718680,"sku":"9781838957971","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781838957971.jpg?v=1780454756","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/v-force-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}