1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003728289707536

Autore

Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo

Titolo

Prayers in stone : Greek architectural sculpture ca. 600-100 B.C.E. / Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

BerkeleyLondonLos Angeles : University of California Press, 1999

ISBN

0520215567

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 255 p., [36] p. di tav.

Soggetti

Rilievi - Architettura greca

Scultura greca - Motivi architettonici

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954647103321

Autore

Murphy Justin D

Titolo

Military aircraft, 1919-1945 : an illustrated history of their impact / / Justin D. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2008

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

9798400685590

9786612025204

9781282025202

1282025201

9781851094042

1851094040

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 348 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Weapons and warfare series

Disciplina

623.7460904

Soggetti

Airplanes, Military - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Approximately 80 photographs and tables of the most important



aircraft of the era, organized by type and by country.

Comparative charts of aircraft production of the major powers during the interwar years and the Second World War.

Covers the advent of modern aircraft both chronologically and plane by plane.

Emphasizes the importance of industrial production on the home front in determining the effectiveness of air power.

Provides the most thorough and accessible overview of interwar and World War II aircraft to date, in a format designed as a reference source for a general audience and specialists.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction to Weapons and Warfare Series; Preface and Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Military Aviation in the Interwar Years, 1919-1939; CHAPTER TWO: Military Aviation in World War II, 1939-1945; CHAPTER THREE: Fighter and Attack Aircraft; CHAPTER FOUR: Bomber Aircraft; CHAPTER FIVE: Reconnaissance and Auxiliary Aircraft; CHAPTER SIX: Naval Aircraft; Aircraft by Country; Aircraft in Alphabetical Order; Glossary of Terms; A Selective Bibliography of Military Aircraft, 1919-1945; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Military Aircraft, 1919-1945: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers a crucial era in modern warfare technology. Ranging from the development of airpower doctrines in the aftermath of World War I to the aircraft and missions that put those doctrines into action during World War II, it provides an expert summing-up of the decades when the use of aircraft in battle came of age. In chapters covering both the history of air power and specific types of aircraft (fighters, bombers, reconnaissance and auxiliary planes), Military Aircraft, 1919-1945 introduces key theorists and designers, describes important changes in technology and production, and recreates spectacular episodes from Pearl Harbor to the London Blitz to the Enola Gay. Readers will see the dramatic impact of the first generation of modern military aircraft on land and sea. They will also see how the expansion of war to the skies brought economic opportunity to some home fronts, and looming terror and devastation to others.