The Sky on Fire : The First Battle of Britain, 1917-1918

A Fascinating Examination Of The Strategies And Uses Of Air Power In The First World War, Sky On Fire Covers Not Only Developments In Military Hardware And Tactics But Also How Public Policy And Political Considerations Shaped The Ways Air Power Was Deployed. Providing An Excellent Balance Of Data And Statistics As Well As Human Insights, Fredette's Book Is Essential Reading For Readers Interested In The Air Power, Both Historically And In Contemporary Conflicts. Foreword / By Hanson W. Baldwin -- A Single German Aeroplane' -- A Vision Of Modern Warfare -- The Coming Of The 'wong-wongs' -- Air War And Baby-killing -- The England Squadron -- Gotha In The Sea -- London By Day -- A Grand But Deadly Show -- 'send Over ... One Or Two Squadrons' -- 'the Hammer Is In Our Hands' -- The Raid Heard Round The World -- The Fortress Of London -- Sunday In Southend -- Defeat Of The Day Raiders -- 'the Magna Carta Of British Air Power'... And By Night -- Trials And Experiments -- Giants To The West -- The First Blitz -- 'we Will Give It All Back To Them' -- 'all That Flies And Creeps' -- Winter Twilight Of The Gotha Bombers -- The Nights Of The Giants -- Khaki And Blue : An Air Force Is Born -- End Of A Round -- The Biggest Raid-and The Last -- Retreat To Oblivion -- The First Bomber Command -- A Fear Some Legacy -- Only A Beginning -- The Sky On Fire -- An Afterword / By Sir John Slessor. Raymond H. Fredette ; Afterword By Sir John Slessor. Originally Published In Series: Smithsonian History Of Aviation Series. Originally Published By The Smithsonian Institution Press And Harcourt Brace Jovanovich--title Page Verso. Issued As Part Of Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 267-270) And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.