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Author:

Higham, Robin, 1925-

Title:

Two roads to war : the French and British air arms from Versailles to Dunkirk / Robin Higham.

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxii, 410 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, French.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
Air power--France--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
Air power--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: France to 1940 -- I. Legacies of World War I -- Britain and France -- II. The Interwar Years, 1918-1934 -- Postwar, 1918-1932 -- French and British aircraft industries, 1918-1934 -- III. The road to war, 1932-1940 -- From the advent of Hitler to war, 1933-1940 -- Technical infrastructure, 1928-1940 -- On the road to war, 1933-1940 -- IV. War, 1938-1940 -- Munich and the Phoney War, September 1938-10 May 1940.

ISBN:

1612510582 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781612510583 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011051954

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)