1st Edition
The Birth of Independent Air Power British Air Policy in the First World War
By Malcolm Cooper
Copyright 1986
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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In forming the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, Britain created the world’s first independent air service. Britain entered the First World War with less than 200 ill-assorted flying machines divided between the army and the navy, but by the end of the war the RAF mustered almost 300,000 personnel and 22, 000 aircraft. Originally published in 1986, more than 65 years after the event, the decision... Read more
List of illustrations. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. Uncertain Beginnings 2. Aviation Goes to War 3. The Problems of Growth 4. The Rise of Inter-Service Rivalry 5. The Curzon Air Board 6. A Policy of Relentless and Incessant Offensive 7. The Aircraft Industry – Reorganization and Expansion 8. The Smuts Report 9. Unification and Dislocation 10. The Independent Force 11. Airpower and Victory. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Malcolm Cooper
