The Impact of Air Power on the British People and their Government, 1909–14 (Studies in Military and Strategic History)

A study showing how the development of aircraft in the period before World War I affected the British people and their government. The author looks at technical military and naval development as well as the political, diplomatic and social aspects resulting from aircraft development. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introductory: Britain in the Air Age....Pages 1-23 The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics....Pages 24-48 The Phantom Airship Scare of 1909....Pages 49-63 The Beginning of Air Power Politics in Britain....Pages 64-88 The Forward March of Aeronautics....Pages 89-108 The Origins of British Air Defence....Pages 109-133 The Paris Conference and its Consequences....Pages 134-158 The Agitation for a National Air Force....Pages 159-185 The New Arrangement and its Lapses....Pages 186-203 Home Air Defence and Lamp-posts....Pages 204-229 The Air Panic of 1913....Pages 230-260 Preparing for War with Germany....Pages 261-290 Winston Churchill Takes Charge....Pages 291-320 Back Matter....Pages 321-354