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- catalog abstract "Although World War I was fought and won in the trenches, aviation emerged as the most advanced and innovative technological arm of battle, epitomizing the new total warfare as it meshed the front and the rear, the military and the civilian. The Greai War in the Air is a comprehensive study of the development and significance of airpower during World War I. This history compares military, political, technological, industrial, and cultural aspects of airpower in the greater combatant powers (France, Germany, and England) and the lesser powers (Italy, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the United States). Geared to both general readers and scholars, The Great War in the Air penetrates the heroic veneer of the fighter pilots' exploits, using autobiographical and biographical material to discuss the aviators' lives - the thrills, the risks, the stresses - and their attitudes toward aerial combat. Starting in 1909 with the beginnings of military aviation and the aviation industry and ending with their catastrophic postwar contraction, the book examines the totality of the air war: its heroism, romantic myths, politics, strategies, and cost in men and materiel. John H. Morrow, Jr., also elaborates on the advancements in aircraft and engine technology and production during airpower's development into a viable and threatening military weapon within a decade of its origins.".
- catalog contributor b4117153.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Although World War I was fought and won in the trenches, aviation emerged as the most advanced and innovative technological arm of battle, epitomizing the new total warfare as it meshed the front and the rear, the military and the civilian. The Greai War in the Air is a comprehensive study of the development and significance of airpower during World War I. This history compares military, political, technological, industrial, and cultural aspects of airpower in the greater combatant powers (France, Germany, and England) and the lesser powers (Italy, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the United States). Geared to both general readers and scholars, The Great War in the Air penetrates the heroic veneer of the fighter pilots' exploits, using autobiographical and biographical material to discuss the aviators' lives - the thrills, the risks, the stresses - and their attitudes toward aerial combat.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-442) and index.".
- catalog description "Starting in 1909 with the beginnings of military aviation and the aviation industry and ending with their catastrophic postwar contraction, the book examines the totality of the air war: its heroism, romantic myths, politics, strategies, and cost in men and materiel. John H. Morrow, Jr., also elaborates on the advancements in aircraft and engine technology and production during airpower's development into a viable and threatening military weapon within a decade of its origins.".
- catalog description "To 1914 -- Into the fray, August to December 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Aftermath and conclusion.".
- catalog extent "xx, 458 p., [32] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Great War in the air.".
- catalog identifier "1560982381 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Great War in the air.".
- catalog isPartOf "Smithsonian history of aviation history".
- catalog isPartOf "Smithsonian history of aviation series.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Great War in the air.".
- catalog subject "940.4/4 20".
- catalog subject "D600 .M565 1993".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Aerial operations.".
- catalog tableOfContents "To 1914 -- Into the fray, August to December 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- Aftermath and conclusion.".
- catalog title "The Great War in the air : military aviation from 1909 to 1921 / John H. Morrow, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".