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“Packed with drama, both military and political.… It will surely prove definitive.” —Lewis Jones, Daily Telegraph

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"Air power [became] the key factor in 20th-century warfare. Overy’s book gives a brilliantly lucid account of how that process began." -- Noel Malcolm - Sunday Telegraph
"Important." -- Paul Kennedy - Wall Street Journal
"Concise but fascinating.… Overy is excellent on many of the details of the early RAF." -- Leo McKinstry - Literary Review
"A vivid narrative." -- Matthew Reisz - Times Higher Education

RAF The Birth of the Worlds First Air Force

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 02/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780393357240, 978-0393357240
      ISBN10: 0393357244
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      Military History Air forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Packed with drama, both military and political.… It will surely prove definitive.” —Lewis Jones, Daily Telegraph

      Trade Review
      "Air power [became] the key factor in 20th-century warfare. Overy’s book gives a brilliantly lucid account of how that process began." -- Noel Malcolm - Sunday Telegraph
      "Important." -- Paul Kennedy - Wall Street Journal
      "Concise but fascinating.… Overy is excellent on many of the details of the early RAF." -- Leo McKinstry - Literary Review
      "A vivid narrative." -- Matthew Reisz - Times Higher Education

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