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Bombers: From the First World War to Kosovo

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#326031-AC20
Titel	Bombers: From the First World War to Kosovo
Auteur	Wragg, David
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Stroud : Sutton Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN10	0750920904
ISBN13	9780750920902
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting	The role of the bomber has proved to be one of the most controversial aspects of 20th-century warfare. This book tells the story of the bomber with a blend of narrative and personal accounts, recording the history of the principal bombing raids and those who flew them. Beginning with an overview of the origins of the concept of aerial bombardment, this account goes on to the early raids of World War I - including Zeppelin airship and bomber operations over Britain and RFC attacks on German targets - and the use of the bomber between the wars by the Germans in the Spanish Civil War, the Italians in Abyssinia and by the Japanese in China. World War II marked the massive deployment of the bomber by the main combatants as a major tactical and strategic weapon. Bringing this study up to date,... (Lees verder) David Wragg examies the US' bombing campaign in Vietnam in the 1960s, the Gulf War and the 1999 campaign in former Yugoslavia.
Pagina's	280
Conditie	Redelijk — Dust jacket damaged/folded. Else fine.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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