🎉   Please check out our new website over at books-etc.com.

Seller
Your price
£19.99
Out of Stock

Shooting the Front

Allied Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War

By (author) Terrence J. Finnegan
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: The History Press Ltd, Stroud, United Kingdom
Imprint: Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Published: 24th Mar 2014
Dimensions: w 176mm h 251mm d 31mm
Weight: 1080g
ISBN-10: 0752499548
ISBN-13: 9780752499543
Barcode No: 9780752499543
Trade or Institutional customer? Contact us about large order quotes.
Synopsis
The First World War demanded revolutionary technology to break the vicious stalemate in which the armies of Europe found themselves as soon as static warfare became established. In the critical world of military intelligence, aviation assumed a vital role through aerial reconnaissance in reinforcing successful decision-making. The demands of warfare not only spurred aviation's development, it led to technological advances in aerial photography, radio intercepts, acoustics and optics that became the foundation for intelligence throughout the twentieth century and to the present day. Colonel Terry Finnegan's Shooting the Front reviews the entire evolution of Allied aerial photography and photographic interpretation during the Great War, in a text packed with data and based upon meticulous research in archives worldwide. The photographs included are both informative and spectacular, charting perforce the early years of aviation itself. Shooting the Front shows not only how important aerial reconnaissance was to the war effort, but also how it became the foundation for modern-day exploitation of imagery and geospatial intelligence used to guide today's decision makers on global issues, and shaped intelligence work for generations to come.

New & Used

Seller Information Condition Price
-New
Out of Stock

What Reviewers Are Saying

Be the first to review this item. Submit your review now