The Birth of British Airpower (eBook)

Hugh Trenchard, World War I, and the Royal Air Force

Peter John Dye (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
302 Seiten
Naval Institute Press (Verlag)
978-1-68247-863-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The Birth of British Airpower describes how Hugh Trenchard, a man with few leadership skills, became a much-loved and inspirational commander who laid the foundation for British airpower on the Western Front in World War I and created the preconditions for the establishment of the world's first independent air service, the Royal Air Force. Author Peter Dye explores how friendship can overcome significant personal and character deficiencies and how, by assembling the right senior leadership team, Trenchard achieved greatness. The book also examines how the development of airpower doctrine in World War I owed as much to chance as to careful planning and how air superiority was achieved only through sustained effort, underpinned by an effective and responsive logistic system. Finally, it explains how the ethos of the postwar air force was built around these experiences and the collective effort of all those involved in the air war.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2024
• Reihe/Serie: History of Military Aviation
• Zusatzinfo: 22 B-W Photos, 6 Figures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Airpower • British Air Services • Great Britain • HQ RFC • Hugh Trenchard • Maurice Baring • RAF • RFC • RNAs • Royal Air Force • Royal Flying Corps • Royal Naval Air Service • Western Front • World War I
• ISBN-10: 1-68247-863-7 / 1682478637
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68247-863-9 / 9781682478639