UID:
almafu_9959246001402883
Format:
1 online resource (284 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-19879-1
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1-84468-502-0
Content:
During the years before World War II, the Royal Air Force, created amid the bloodshed of the Great War, saw salvation in the doctrine of a relentless offensive by a bomber force which would sail over trenches and then on to the enemy cities and annihilate the ability of the enemy to wage war. This book gives a view of how that doctrine, driven by courage and coldly sharpened by scientists, brought those visions to reality. This is a fresh analysis of Bomber Command, its tactics and technology. It discusses exactly how well organised Bomber Command was to exploit the rapidly evolving new scienc
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Foreword; Prologue; Chapter 1: The Doctrine; Chapter 2: Enter the Scientist; Chapter 3: Bomber Defence - The Speed Bomber; Chapter 4: Defensive Armament, Guns and Turrets- Before theWar; Chapter 5: Defensive Armament, Guns and Turrets- The Bills are Cashed; Chapter 6: Defence by Fighter Escort; Chapter 7: Evasion; Chapter 8: Bombs and Navigation; Chapter 9: The Offensive; Chapter 10: From Occam's Razor to Cleopatra's Needle; Appendix - Harry Winter; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84415-819-5
Language:
English
