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Barrett Tillman
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Barrett Tillman

Barrett Tillman is a widely recognized expert on air warfare in World War II and the author of more than 40 nonfiction and fiction books on military topics, including Whirlwind. The former managing editor of The Hook (the magazine of the Tailhook Association), Tillman's is a familiar face on TV documentaries in the United States and Europe. He has received six awards for history and literature, including the Admiral Arthur Radford Award. He lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Enterprise will be released on February 14, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Enterprise is now available in Hardcover, eBook
about 20 hours ago
Whirlwind will be released on April 26, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Whirlwind is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 26, 2011
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Whirlwind
Apr 22, 2010
Whirlwind will be released on March 02, 2010 in eBook
Mar 02, 2010
Whirlwind is now available in eBook
Mar 02, 2010
Excerpt:
Prologue from Whirlwind
Feb 10, 2010

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AZCentral.com, February 12, 2012
...As a teenager in Oregon, Mesa author Barrett Tillman dreamed of becoming a naval aviator, but eye problems in high school derailed that plan. In the four decades since, Tillman has done the next best thing: writing more...
Deseret Morning News, February 10, 2012
...",? by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, $27, 320 pages (nf) In 1941, the world entered a new age of naval warfare. Beginning with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier...
Deseret Morning News, February 10, 2012
...",? by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, $27, 320 pages (nf) In 1941, the world entered a new age of naval warfare. Beginning with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 10, 2012
...$23; ISBN 978-1-4391-8700-5). Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by Barrett Tillman (Simon & Schuster, $27; ISBN 978-1-4391-9087-6). Night Rounds by Helene Tursten, trans. From the Swedish byLaura A. Wideburg...
Cleveland Live, November 30, 2011
...the bases on Guam, Tinian and Saipan as island-hopping U.S. troops edged closer to Japan. Military historian Barrett Tillman sets out to change that in "Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945." And to a great extent, he succeeds. Without bogging...
Cleveland Live, July 20, 2011
...the bases on Guam, Tinian and Saipan as island-hopping U.S. troops edged closer to Japan. Military historian Barrett Tillman sets out to change that in "Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945." And to a great extent, he succeeds. Without bogging...
Military Aerospace Electronics, May 19, 2011
...the Navy's EA-18G Growler and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Essays and artwork from such iconic figures as Barrett Tillman, Sergei Sikorsky, Robert "Hoot" Gibson and Hank Caruso are featured as well as a special tribute to the men, women and aircraft of...
AZCentral.com, February 12, 2012
...As a teenager in Oregon, Mesa author Barrett Tillman dreamed of becoming a naval aviator, but eye problems in high school derailed that plan. In the four decades since, Tillman has done the next best thing: writing more...
Deseret Morning News, February 10, 2012
...",? by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, $27, 320 pages (nf) In 1941, the world entered a new age of naval warfare. Beginning with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier...
Deseret Morning News, February 10, 2012
...",? by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, $27, 320 pages (nf) In 1941, the world entered a new age of naval warfare. Beginning with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 10, 2012
...$23; ISBN 978-1-4391-8700-5). Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by Barrett Tillman (Simon & Schuster, $27; ISBN 978-1-4391-9087-6). Night Rounds by Helene Tursten, trans. From the Swedish byLaura A. Wideburg...
Travel for Aircraft, June 13, 2011
...crews.Wes Bush’s essay forms the the introduction. He is CEO and President of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Barrett Tillman’s essay (Looking Back: a historical perspective) is moving, at times bittersweet, and has an unobstructed viewpoint of the...
Indy Transponder, May 31, 2011
...aviation history, there's no shortage of material in that department, believe me. However, I'm currently reading Barrett Tillman's outstanding book Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan 1942-1945 and came across the story of a red-headed Alabaman, Master...