Disappointing Presentation

Pan Am at War was disappointing from two perspectives. First, the reader demonstrated conclusively that clear enunciation is not enough. Chamberlain reads the same way Siri or Alexa reads. His performance suggested no comprehension of the material.

Poor reading exacerbated the problem of poor organization. There is much interesting information in the book, but the presentation seems disjointed. This is not a mystery story; the listener should be able to follow and to anticipate, but the structure is inadequate to allow either. Further, the authors' fascination with insignificant detail allows important themes and events to be obscured.

All in all, a disappointment. The material deserves better treatment.

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Boring. Too cut and dry.

I was hoping for more of a story to follow that included the factual information but this seemed to be mainly just facts. Great information but I can't follow without a story connected to people's personal lives.

Excellent history

Narration could've been better but excellent history. Learned how Doolittle got home plus many more.

Great Story

The story of Pan Am is an adventure back in time when visionary people made the world a smaller place accessible to anyone who worked for their overseas enterprise or who could afford airfare.

Fascinating despite lots of facts

It is a bit dense with facts about airplanes, pilots, war progress, but so interesting to learn about pan am’s involvement and about birth of airline industry in general. Ifounditamazinghowthe earlypilotsflewwithfewinstrumnets,noweatherinfo,limitedknowledgeofterritroy,noorfewrunways.