Theodore Macfarlane Knappen

Wings of War - an Account of the Important Contribution of the United States to Aircraft Invention, Engineering, Development and Production During the World War (Wwi Centenary Series) Theodore Macfarlane Knappen

""The story of the United States army aircraft production program is essentially a story of confident hopes, bitter disappointments, failures, and successes such as inevitably attend the creation from nothing of an immense industrial organization. For this reason, it is especially desirable that a less one-sided account of the army air effort to be published, and, hence, I am glad to see the appearance of this book."" Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.