Wingless eagle : U.S. Army aviation through World War I

Wingless eagle : U.S. Army aviation through World War I / Herbert A. Johnson.

This study asks why the US was so poorly equipped to engage in aerial combat in World War I - despite having been world-leaders in this field 15 years previously. The author looks at the early years of US military aviation to try and ascertain the answer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Herbert Alan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Aviation > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army
1900-1999
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, American.
HISTORY > Military > Aviation.
Aeronautics, Military
Armed Forces > Aviation
Military operations, Aerial > American
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:This study asks why the US was so poorly equipped to engage in aerial combat in World War I - despite having been world-leaders in this field 15 years previously. The author looks at the early years of US military aviation to try and ascertain the answer.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and index.
ISBN:0807860239
9780807860236
9780807826270
0807826278
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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