Abbot, 1918, Aircraft and Submarines

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Willis J. Abbot. Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1918.

Online at Internet Archive.

Written from a decidedly wartime perspective, with a chapter emphasizing German cruelty in bombing, contrasted with English restraint, which nevertheless transformed into a promise by Lloyd George that "We shall bomb Germany with compound interest." (p. 210)


Original title Aircraft and Submarines: The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons
Simple title Aircraft and Submarines
Authors Willis J. Abbot
Date 1918
Countries GB, US
Languages en
Keywords aircraft, submarines, history, military
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