The Pictorial History Of Air Warfare By Chris Chant
The Pictorial History Of Air Warfare By Chris Chant
Hardcover
ISBN 0706409779
Publisher: Octopus Books Ltd 1979
Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The Dust Jacket has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover. Shelf rubbed.
It's an adequate book on the evolution of aerial warfare from the early 20th century through the 1970s. The book was published in 1979 so it obviously excludes anything from the past 40 years. There is a good discussion of gun armament, gunsights, and turrets over the decades. Short chapters are devoted to tactical and strategic air power in WW II. Another chapter discusses the evolution of air tactics and maneuver starting with WW I. A chapter on "modern air warfare" describes the jet age of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, there is a chapter on the evolution of anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles.
