{"product_id":"topgun-the-thrilling-true-story-behind-the-action-packed-classic-film","title":"Topgun: The thrilling true story behind the action-packed classic film","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE REAL STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .' Admiral James Stavridis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarch 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to regain the advantage the Admirals turn to a young naval aviator called Dan Pedersen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOfficially, the programme he set up was called the US Navy Fighter Weapons School. To everyone else it was known simply as TOPGUN.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePedersen's hand-picked team of instructors - the Original Eight - were the best of the best. Together, they revolutionised aerial warfare and rediscovered the lost art of fighter combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the extraordinary, thrilling story of how TOPGUN saw America reclaim the skies, by the man who created it.\u003cbr\u003e\n_________________ ______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'It's hard to read Dan Pederson's Topgun and not think of Tom Cruise. A pleasure to read' Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Direct, vivid and unvarnished. A high-flying, supersonic tale' Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Topgun earned Dan Pedersen the title of American Hero' Washington Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A riveting seat-of-the-pants flight into the lethal world of the fighter pilot' Dan Hampton, author of Viper Pilot\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54008782061936,"sku":"978-0316416269","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_4811_1a4e05d3b4.jpg?v=1783580720","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/topgun-the-thrilling-true-story-behind-the-action-packed-classic-film","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}