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100 1 _aBruce, Eric Stuart,
_d1855-1935
245 1 0 _aAircraft in war
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe Daily Telegraph War Books
500 _aRelease date is 2023-09-27
508 _aBrian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Aircraft in War" by Eric Stuart Bruce is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This book explores the evolution of military aviation, particularly focusing on the technologies and uses of aircraft during warfare, especially highlighted during World War I. It discusses various types of airships and aƫroplanes, their development, and their strategic significance in military reconnaissance and assaults. The opening of the book sets the stage by reflecting on the transformative impact that aircraft had on warfare, noting that the realities of aerial battles are far from Tennyson's poetic predictions. Bruce introduces the historical context, detailing how early aerial scouts, such as balloons, were employed for reconnaissance in past conflicts, leading up to their critical role in contemporary warfare. He highlights the visibility and effectiveness of these machines as vital tools for armies, emphasizing their development from rudimentary designs to the advanced aƫroplanes that were beginning to dominate the skies during the onset of the Great War. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914
653 _aAeronautics, Military
830 0 _aThe Daily Telegraph War Books
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/aircraftinwar00brucuoft/page/8/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71736
999 _c112462
_d112462