Flame On

U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945

John W. Mountcastle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2016
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-1689-5 (ISBN)

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A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II.• Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II• Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific• Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm

Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA (Ret.), was the U.S. Army's chief of military history from 1994 to 1998. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and Duke University and a veteran of Vietnam, he also taught at West Point. He lives near Richmond, Virginia.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2016
Reihe/Serie	Stackpole Military History Series
Verlagsort	Mechanicsburg
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 228 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-8117-1689-9 / 0811716899
ISBN-13	978-0-8117-1689-5 / 9780811716895
Zustand	Neuware