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Trenchard, father of the Royal Air Force : the biography / Russell Miller

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Trenchard, father of the Royal Air Force : the biography / Russell Miller
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XIV-402 pages-[16] pages de pl.) : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-78022-665-1
  • 1-78022-665-9
EAN
  • 9781780226651 br.
Titre conventionnel
  • [Boom, the life of Viscount Trenchard, father of the Royal Air Force.]
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 923.541 08
Note(s)
  • D'abord édité sous le titre : "Boom, the life of Viscount Trenchard" par Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Londres, en 2017
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliographie pages [385]-391. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • 1.A Miracle Cure ? 2.A Childhood Marred by Misfortune 3. Polo and Boers 4. Back to South Africa 5. The White Man's Graveyard 6. Taming the Tribesmen 7. Taking to the Skies 8. Wing Commander in France 9. Boom and Baring 10. The Somme 11. Bloody April 12.A Foretaste of the Blitz 13. Rows with Rothermere 14. Boom and Bombers 15. Mutiny and the Mad Mullah 16.A Fight for Survival 17. Building an Air Force 18. The Chief of Air Staff and the Aircraftsman 19. The Police Commissioner 20. The Unofficial Inspector General
Résumé ou extrait
  • Présentation de l'éditeur : "Hugh Trenchard loathed being known as 'The Father of the RAF', although the description was entirely appropriate since no man did more to ensure the creation of an independent air force. Born in Taunton in 1873, Trenchard struggled at school and was greatly affected by his solicitor-father's bankruptcy when he was 16. He failed entrance examinations to both the Royal Navy and the Army several times, but he found his destiny when he joined the fledgling Royal Flying Corps in 1912. Although he was an indifferent pilot, he was quick to recognise the huge potential aircraft offered in future conflict. His rapid rise to commander of the RFC in France after the outbreak of the First World War was marked by a series of bitter disagreements with other senior officers he either didn't like or didn't trust. Through persistence and hard work he led his political masters by the nose to secure the future of the RAF as an independent force after the war, in the teeth of fierce opposition from both the Admirality and the War Office, and eventually became the first Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Even in retirement Trenchard remained a powerful influence, embarrassing his successors by issuing critical papers on defence issues. He never wavered in his belief that mastery of the air could only be achieved by offensive action, or in his advocacy of strategic bombing, until his death in 1956. His admirers claim he richly deserves the plaudits and his statue in Whitehall. His detractors say his influence led directly to the needless strategic bombing of Germany in the Second World War and the deaths of thousands of civilians."
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