As my wife says, " When it comes time for summer beach reading, you will pick out something about WWII." This summer was no exception. If you thought that a former American Air Force Officer writing about the air war during WWII would only be talking about P 51s, B 17s, Spitfires, Messerschmitts, and Zeros; you will find that in "Clash of Wings," but you will also see a detailed telling of how the world's democracies addressed the need for overpowering air supremacy over a Fascist regieme such as Hitler's Germany. In truth, Hitler never faced off against the German Industrialists who never committed to factory double shifts or working on weekends to build war planes. F.D.R. did that and as a result of this dedication the Allies were able to gain air supremacy over European skies and eventually triumph over the Japanese who manufactured the excellent Zero fighter plane. Walter J. Boyne, the former Director of the Simthsonian's National Air & Space Museum, clearly shows that it takes more than prominent warbirds to have won the air battles or WWII, it also took the dedication of pilots, ground crew, engineers, and policy planners to achieve this victory. It is a story worth telling. - Abbott G.