Marked for Death: The First War in the Air

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A dramatic and fascinating account of aerial combat during World War I, revealing the terrible risks taken by the men who fought and died in the world''s first war in the air. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war''s massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations'' fledgling air forces.

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A dramatic and fascinating account of aerial combat during World War I, revealing the terrible risks taken by the men who fought and died in the world's first war in the air. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war's massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations' fledgling air forces.

The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. Marked for Death debunks popular myth to explore the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning nineteen-year-olds falling screaming to their deaths; of pilots blinded by the entrails of their observers.

James Hamilton-Paterson also reveals how four years of war produced profound changes both in the aircraft themselves and in military attitudes and strategy. By 1918 it was widely accepted that domination of the air above the battlefield was crucial to military success, a realization that would change the nature of warfare forever.

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Anul publicarii	2016
ISBN	9781681771977
Format coperta	Paperback
Numar pagini	416
Limba	English
Domeniul	Istorie
Autor	James Hamilton-Paterson
De aceeasi editura	PEGASUS BOOKS
CM	97474
DS	MEGA/2
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781784970390
Dimensiuni	Height: 6.57479 Inches, Length: 9.68502 Inches, Weight: 1.2 Pounds, Width: 1.45669 Inches