Eagles of the Third Reich - Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII (Paperback)

From its secret post-World War I beginnings to its virtual destruction by the Allied air forces, the story of the German air force is best told by examining its leaders - brilliant, ambitious, ruthless, and deceitful men like Hermann Goering, the drug-addicted Luftwaffe commander, Erhard Milch, the half-Jewish head of aircraft production, and Adolf Galland, the general of fighters who often clashed with Goering.The author profiles these principals and others while describing the Luftwaffe's battles-both in the skies and behind the scenes and explaining why it was so decisively defeated.