Air and sea power in World War I : combat and experience in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy /: combat and experience in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maryam Philpott.
• Other Names: Philpott, Maryam
• Contents: The Royal Flying Corps -- The Royal Navy -- Historiography -- Training -- Royal Flying Corps Training -- Effectiveness of the RFC Training Programme -- Royal Navy Training -- Effectiveness of the Naval Training Programme -- Non-Combat & Service Motivation -- Courage -- Coping with Action: Killing -- Coping with Action: Death -- Threats to Motivation: Poor Leadership -- Threats to Motivation: Boredom and Discomfort -- Threats to Motivation: Lack of Moral Fibre -- Encouraging Motivation: Pride in Service -- Encouraging Motivation: Manliness -- Encouraging Motivation: Comradeship -- Encouraging Motivation: Leisure -- Encouraging Motivation: Personal Control -- Technology -- History of Technology -- The Royal Flying Corps: The Aircraft Industry -- The Effect of Technological Invention: Aerial Views -- The Effect of Technological Invention: Physical Protection -- Pilot Led Innovation: Arming the Aeroplane -- Pilot Led Innovation: Aerial Bombardment -- The Royal Navy -- Preparing a Base -- Civilian Scientists and National Defence -- Submarines -- Anti-Submarine Developments -- Home Front -- The Threat -- Life on the Home Front: 1914-1915 -- Combat on the Home Front: The RNAS 1914-1915 -- Combat Preparations: Not Fighting the Zeppelin 1914-1915 -- Combat on the Home Front: Fighting the Zeppelin 1914-1915 -- Life on the Home Front: 1916-1918 -- Combat on the Home Front: Not Fighting the Zeppelin 1916 -- Combat on the Home Front: Aeroplane Raids 1917-1918 -- Servicemen: View of the Raids -- Representations of War -- RAF: The Establishment of a Peacetime Service -- Public Affection -- Heroism and Pilots -- Creating the Myth -- The Navy -- Political and Economic Consequences of the Naval War -- Naval Inertia and Lost Faith -- Conclusion -- The Contribution of the RFC and Navy to Great War Studies.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 258 pages)
• Subjects: 940.44941; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British; World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, British; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Luftwaffe; Marine; Weltkrieg; Marine; Luftwaffe; Weltkrieg; Första världskriget 1914-1918; Luftkrigföring; Flygoperationer; Sjöoperationer; Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 20th century; Großbritannien; Großbritannien; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857721822; 0857721828; 1780761511; 9781780761510; 9780857733320
• Related ISBNs: 9781780761510; 085773332X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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