LEADER 03780nam 22005771n 450 001 9910782536403321 005 20081103114157.0 010 $a979-84-00-68559-0 010 $a1-282-02520-1 010 $a9786612025204 010 $a1-85109-404-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400685590 035 $a(OCoLC)312753277 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3MGR 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC305258 035 $a(OCoLC)1418755275 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9798400685590BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578609 100 $a20081103e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMilitary aircraft, 1919-1945 $ean illustrated history of their impact /$fJustin D. Murphy and Matthew A. McNiece 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cABC-CLIO,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 348 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aWeapons and warfare series 300 $aApproximately 80 photographs and tables of the most important aircraft of the era, organized by type and by country. 300 $aComparative charts of aircraft production of the major powers during the interwar years and the Second World War. 300 $aCovers the advent of modern aircraft both chronologically and plane by plane. 300 $aEmphasizes the importance of industrial production on the home front in determining the effectiveness of air power. 300 $aProvides 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. 311 1 $a1-85109-498-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aMilitary Aircraft, 1919-1945: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers a crucial era in modern warfare technology. Ranging from the development of airpower doctrines in the aftermath of World War I to the aircraft and missions that put those doctrines into action during World War II, it provides an expert summing-up of the decades when the use of aircraft in battle came of age. In chapters covering both the history of air power and specific types of aircraft (fighters, bombers, reconnaissance and auxiliary planes), Military Aircraft, 1919-1945 introduces key theorists and designers, describes important changes in technology and production, and recreates spectacular episodes from Pearl Harbor to the London Blitz to the Enola Gay. Readers will see the dramatic impact of the first generation of modern military aircraft on land and sea. They will also see how the expansion of war to the skies brought economic opportunity to some home fronts, and looming terror and devastation to others. 410 0$aWeapons and warfare series. 606 $aAirplanes, Military$xHistory 615 0$aAirplanes, Military$xHistory. 676 $a623.7460904 700 $aMurphy$b Justin D$01545449 712 02$aABC-Clio Information Services. 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782536403321 996 $aMilitary aircraft, 1919-1945$93800391 997 $aUNINA