Flight 149 367 In this far-reaching foray into

In this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power

from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections

a twenty-year-old Pacific Telephone operator from Los Angeles

she liked to imagine she could stretch her wings and fly away like a bird

Flight 149 367 In this far-reaching foray intoA gripping, real life drama that reveals the true story of a plane full of unsuspecting passengers who landed in a war zone and were delivered into the hands of a murderous dictator. On August 1, 1990, Flight 149 was scheduled for its routine London to Kuala Lumpur run. But when the plane, carrying 385 passengers and crew, landed at a Kuwait airport to refuel that day, it was surrounded by Iraqi tanks and about to be bombed by fighter jets. The