Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Iraq - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen BudianskyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2005-03-29Pages:518
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143034742ISBN-10:014303474XUPC:9780143034742Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:Military, Aeronautics & Astronautics, AviationBook Topic:Aviation & Space, HistorySize:8.48 x 5.52 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.08Product ID:SCKM9268B0
No single human invention has transformed war more than the airplane--not even the atomic bomb. Even before the Wright Brothers' first flight, predictions abounded of the devastating and terrible consequences this new invention would have as an engine of war. Soaring over the battlefield, the airplane became an unstoppable force that left no spot on earth safe from attack. Drawing on combat memoirs, letters, diaries, archival records, museum collections, and eyewitness accounts by the men who fought--and the men who developed the breakthrough inventions and concepts--acclaimed author Stephen Budiansky weaves a vivid and dramatic account of the airplane's revolutionary transformation of modern warfare.
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143034742ISBN-10:014303474XUPC:9780143034742Book Category:History, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:Military, Aeronautics & Astronautics, AviationBook Topic:Aviation & Space, HistorySize:8.48 x 5.52 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.08Product ID:SCKM9268B0
Stephen Budiansky, journalist and military historian, is the author of nine books about history, science, and nature, including Air Power: The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II. He publishes frequently in The New York Times and The Washington Post and currently serves as a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly.
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