Wings of empire the forgotten wars of the Royal Air Force, 1919-1939

At The End Of The First World War, British Power In The Colonies Was At An All-time Low. That Was Until A Ragtag Band Of Visionaries, Including Winston Churchill And T.e. Lawrence, Proposed That The Aeroplane, The Wonder Weapon Of The Age, Could Save The Empire. Using The Radical Strategy Of Air Control, The Raf Tried To Subdue Vast Swathes Of The Middle East, Asia And Africa. Wings Of Empire Is A Compelling Account Of The Colonial Air Campaigns That Saw A Generation Of Young Airmen Take To The Skies To Battle Against Warlords, Jihadists And Hostile Tribes. For The First Time Ever, This Book Chronicles The Full Story Of The Raf's Most Extraordinary Conflict.--jacket Flap. Small Wars -- The Cinderella Service -- Crisis Of Empire -- The Cheapest War In History -- The Air Service Of The Future -- The Messpot Mess -- `everybody Middle East Is Here' -- A New Planet -- Death And Taxes -- Desert Kingdoms -- Before Osama Bin Laden -- Desert Purgatory -- The Elusive Prize -- The Kabul Miracle -- A British Air Service -- Boom's Swansong -- Swift Agents Of Government -- Battle For The Raj -- `what A Mess We Have Made' -- Bombing For Police Purposes -- The Last Of The Gentlemen's Wars -- Legacy. Barry Renfrew. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 279-284) And Index.