{"product_id":"topgun","title":"Topgun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISCOVER THE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ACTION-PACKED CLASSIC FILM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''GOOSE AND MAVERICK MOVE OVER . . .''\u003c\/b\u003e Admiral James Stavridis\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarch 1969.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican jets are getting shot down at an unprecedented rate over Vietnam. In an urgent effort to regain the advantage the Admirals turn to a young naval aviator called Dan Pedersen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOfficially, the programme he set up was called the US Navy Fighter Weapons School. To everyone else it was known simply as TOPGUN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePedersen''s hand-picked team of instructors - the Original Eight - were the best of the best. Together, they revolutionised aerial warfare and rediscovered the lost art of fighter combat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the extraordinary, thrilling story of how TOPGUN saw America reclaim the skies, by the man who created it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It''s hard to read Dan Pederson''s Topgun and not think of Tom Cruise. A pleasure to read'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Direct, vivid and unvarnished. A high-flying, supersonic tale''\u003c\/b\u003e Hampton Sides, author of\u003ci\u003e Ghost Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Topgun earned Dan Pedersen the title of American Hero'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A riveting seat-of-the-pants flight into the lethal world of the fighter pilot''\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Hampton, author of\u003ci\u003e Viper Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316929601918,"sku":"NW9781405943826","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781405943826.jpg?v=1778720284","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/topgun","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}