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Hardcover. Zustand: New. The amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy Air Service to form the RAF in April 1918 created a fierce competition for resources with the Navy. This provocative study follows the bureaucratic struggles, challenging the conventional view of the superiority of air power to stress the importance of naval actions in the early phases of the Second World War.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The Royal Navy was the largest in the world in 1939, and conscription during the Second World War increased the total of employed men to 790,000, the vast majority of whom were seamen of the 'lower deck'. Based on primary research and first-hand accounts, this book examines the lives of these sailors during a period that has seen the introduction of women, the end of hammocks and the rum ration, and ever more emphasis on technical skills.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. While sixth-century Chinese aviators used kites to scout their enemies' positions, the technique didn't spread and it was another 1,200 years before the Montgolfier brothers launched a hot-air balloon and, with it, a new era for warfare. Tyler Morton traces the evolution in airborne reconnaissance from that point to the Vietnam War, recording how airships and then aircraft became essential components of the military.