Table of Contents
Prologue vii
Authors' Note-Why Stan xi
Authors' Note on the Use of "Palestine" and "Palestinian" xvii
Chapter 1 Pretty Boy 1
Chapter 2 The Poor Man's Harvard 10
Chapter 3 An Air Force Man 15
Chapter 4 To the Philippines 20
Chapter 5 Air Apache 25
Chapter 6 Prayer Meetings and New Targets 32
Chapter 7 California 43
Chapter 8 To All Concerned 49
Chapter 9 New Relationships 56
Chapter 10 Palestine 62
Chapter 11 Fighting Back 69
Chapter 12 Seeing the Sites 78
Chapter 13 Fighter Pilots 87
Chapter 14 The 101 Squadron 94
Chapter 15 The Truce 107
Chapter 16 El-Arish 118
Chapter 17 Major Andre Stanek 126
Chapter 18 Beaufighters 137
Chapter 19 Lost Glory 145
Chapter 20 Hope 155
Chapter 21 Operation Yoav 162
Chapter 22 Day of Battle 175
Chapter 23 Change of Status 184
Chapter 24 Aftermath 190
Chapter 25 Birth of an Air Force 198
Chapter 26 The Search for Stan 203
Chapter 27 Reflections 216
Note About the Chapter Quotations 229
Acknowledgments 231
