Wings of empire : the forgotten wars of the Royal Air Force, 1919-1939
Renfrew, Barry2015
Books
Find it!
With British power crumbling after the WWI a ragtag band of visionaries such as Churchill and T.E. Lawrence proclaimed that only the plane, the wonder weapon of the age, would save the empire. This doctrine of using aircraft in the place of ground forces was called Air Control or police bombing, and it was employed to hold down vast swathes of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Aircraft and bombing were used for everything from crushing revolts to collecting tax. Air power became so crucial that the bomber, rather than the battleship, was hailed as the true symbol of Britain's might. This book covers the equally vital struggle to save the RAF from being disbanded by opponents at home. If the RAF had not proved its worth over the Khyber Pass and Iraqi deserts its rivals might have destroyed it with untold consequences for Britain in World War II.
Main title:
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750965071 (hbk)
Dewey class:
358.4'00941'0904358.4009410904
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2228474
Bookmark link:
More Information: