Warren A. Trest
Once a Fighter Pilot
The new biography of United States Air Force Fighter Ace, General Charles "Chick" Cleveland.
Available in late 2011
Nobody But the People
"The Life and Times of Alabama's Youngest Governor"
The dramatic biography of former Alabama Governor John Patterson. We follow him through his years in World War II as an officer in Patton's Seventh Army, to the murder of his father, State Attorney General-nominee Albert Patterson by corrupt law enforcement official, to his time as Governor of Alabama in the turbulent early years of the Civil Rights movement.
ISBN: 978-1588382214
Air Commando One
"Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars"
From World War II bomber pilot to Special Operations Commander in Vietnam, Air Commando One tells the story of U.S. Air Force General Heinie Aderholt and the Air Commandos. Nominated in 2000 for the Bancroft Prize for distinguished works in American History.
ISBN: 978-1560988076
Wings of Denial
"The Alabama Air National Guard's Covert Role at the Bay of Pigs"
As part of a C.I.A. covert operation in 1961, seven volunteers from the Alabama Air National Guard flew B26 bombers alongside Cuban anti-Castro forces in a futile attempt to stave off disaster at the Bay of Pigs invasion. Four of the Guardsmen died in the attempt. This book tells that story.
ISBN: 978-1588380210
Missing in Paradise
"A Jake Falcon Mystery" (Fiction)
Jake Falcon, ex -Air Force, Private Investigator, and pilot must find out: Who those guys tailing him are, if the beautiful Miss Devereaux is telling him everything she knows, if the shadowy General Brandywine can help him stay alive, and what exactly happened to the missing millionaire.
ISBN: 978-1588381569
Air Force Roles and Missions; A History
A study of the transforming roles and missions of American air power through history. From the book's foreword: "The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of three-dimensionality in war. This insightful book traces the doctrinal underpinnings of the modern United States Air Force, the world's only global air force." - Dr. Richard P. Hallion, Air Force Historian. Air Force Roles and Missions was put on the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff's Reading List for 2007.
free pdf copy from Air University Library
ISBN: 978-1410222572