American Eagles - US Aviation In World War I is a superb read about the beginnings of American military aviation. Starting from 1861 and running through 1919, American Eagles is chock full of dogfights, back stories, new maps, diagrams, 170 photos (mostly never seen before), first hand perspectives of the American pilots as well as those who interacted with them. It weaves personal interviews, first hand perspectives, official histories and down to earth technical explanations to make a compelling, well documented and extensively researched page turner. In fact, combat is only perhaps one-third of the book.

22 months of research have dug up new information, photos and interviews that have not been published before thanks to visits to France, correspondence with French and American aviation experts and source material research.