The War Machines: the Development of Aircraft and Submarines for Aerial and Undersea Warfare to the End of the First World War

by Willis John Abbot and Willis John Abbot

Book Overview

War from the air-war from beneath the waves

For thousands of years warfare had been the business of armies of foot and horse soldiers whilst the seas and oceans were contested by the collision of navies propelled by wind, sail and oars. The industrial age of the mid-nineteenth century brought in a new era where technology would find its way into every aspect of the life of mankind. Predictably that did not exclude the business of killing. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857061259
• ISBN13: 9780857061256
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"