Bold Venture

Reviews / Votes

"Bold Venture undoubtedly emerges as a catchy book focusing on a topic that has not been fully explored. . . . For anyone interested in this kind of dramatic aviation history with a human face . . . it's worth investing a few dollars and a few hours to read about what happened in the sky above Hong Kong from 1942 through 1945."-Stone & Stone: Second World War Books "Bold Ventures is a worthwhile read for historians and military aviation enthusiasts."-Robert Marshall, Air University Press "Bailey's book provides sobering insight into the sometimes-overlooked air war in China. It is a dynamic and quite readable account and will be an excellent addition to the bookshelf of aviation enthusiast and historian alike."-Frank Willingham, Air Power History "This book about an important and overlooked aspect of USAAF operations in China during World War II takes us inside prison camps where POWs cheered and feared the American bombers appearing over Hong Kong through long, dark years. It shines in accounts of the travails and heroism of USAAF airmen."-Bill Yenne, author of When Tigers Ruled the Sky "The accumulation of details conveys the story of Hong Kong in World War II within a quickly moving narrative. I found myself caught up in closely observed nuances of human interaction in the most extreme of circumstances. The horror of this theater of combat demands attention, as does the sacrifice of its participants."-John Peterson, instructor in the Program of Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University "A brisk and readable account of China-based American pilots and their years-long campaign against the city-island of Hong Kong, with due attention to the Japanese pilots who tried to stop them."-Daniel Ford, author of Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942