America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945: Smithsonian History of Aviation - Rilegato

McFarland, Stephen L.

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ISBN 10: 1560984074 ISBN 13: 9781560984078

Casa editrice: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1995

Riassunto

McFarland (history, Auburn U.) traces the development of two interrelated technologies, bombsights and automatic pilots, from the first efforts in 1910 to stabilize aircraft during bombing to the atomic bombing of Japan. Drawing on primary documents he explains how the US government and the public wanted to hone bombing into a precise and effective instrument to end wars quickly with the fewest number of civilian casualties, and how the famous Nordon bombsight contributed to most of the destruction of military and industrial targets in Japan and Germany during World War II. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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L'autore:

Stephen L. McFarland is an associate professor of history at Auburn University.

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Book by Stephen L Mc Farland

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• Editore: Smithsonian Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1560984074
• ISBN 13: 9781560984078
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 312