Ironside Publishing presents: Fighting the Flying Circus by Eddie V Rickenbacker, featuring a brand new foreword for the 2026 edition! Before he was America's Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker was a race car driver with a mechanic's eye and a daredevil's nerve. When the United States entered World War I, he traded the track for the cockpit — and never looked back. First published in 1919, Fighting the Flying Circus is Rickenbacker's firsthand account of aerial combat over the Western Front as commander of the legendary 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron. With 26 confirmed victories and a Medal of Honor to his name, Rickenbacker writes with the directness of a soldier and the vividness of a born storyteller — pulling readers into the smoke, noise, and split-second decisions of dogfights that defined a new kind of warfare. This is more than a war memoir. It's the voice of a remarkable American life , told at the moment of its greatest test.