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“david edgerton”

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  • England and the Aeroplane

    Militarism, Modernity and Machines

    by David Edgerton ...
    The story of the strange mixture of romanticism, militarism and technology that has made planes so important to England, from the brilliant author of Britain's War MachineThe history of England and the aeroplane is one tangled with myths - of 'the Few' and the Blitz, of boffins, flying machines, amateur inventors and muddling through. In England and the Aeroplane David Edgerton reverses received ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Shock of the Old

    Technology and Global History since 1900

    by David Edgerton ...
    From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clichéd claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Britain's War Machine

    Weapons, Resources, and Experts in the Second World War

    by David Edgerton ...
    The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

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    Minds at War

    How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War

    by Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, Elif Shafak, David Edgerton, Sara LeFanu ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 35 min

    The complete BBC Radio 3 series exploring how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarshipWorld War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had ever seen. All those who experienced it were irrevocably changed, including many writers and artists upon whose oeuvre it left an indelible mark.This ... Read more

    $17.74 USD

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    By March 1942, mainland France had been under German occupation for almost two years. Every month that passed saw Germany bolster her defenses against an expected allied invasion. Every month that passed saw Germany tighten her grip on Britain's transatlantic lifeline; menacing allied shipping from the French west coast ports. At St Nazaire on the Loire estuary, the vast Normandie dry dock was the ... Read more

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  • If You Come To A Bridge, You've Gone Too Far!

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  • Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

    When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

    by James Hamilton-Paterson ...
    In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft -- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which ... Read more

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  • Infamous Aircraft

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    An in-depth look at some of the 20th century's notoriously terrible aircraft.Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War I to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included . . .B.E.2: The Royal Flying Corps went to war in ... Read more

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  • HMS London

    Warships of the Royal Navy

    by Iain Ballantyne ...
    A fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London, looking at history from the perspective of the men who were there.There is no current warship in the Royal Navy called HMS London, but vessels carrying the name have featured in some of the most controversial episodes of British naval history.For example, the wooden wall battleship HMS London of the late 18th century ... Read more

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    Warships of the Royal Navy

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    The biography of a British battleship, from an author with " a facility for rendering nonfiction into a narrative as brisk and readable as a novel" ( HistoryNet).The Second World War battleship HMS Rodney achieved lasting fame for her role in destroying the pride of Hitler's navy, the mighty Bismarck, in a thrilling duel. The Rodney, carrying the largest guns ever mounted in a British warship, ... Read more

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  • Mosquito Mayhem

    de Havilland's Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII

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    "This is the book that puts the flesh on the bones of its reputation as one of the best aircraft of the Second World War." — Pennant MagazineThe flak started about four or five minutes before the target and immediately it was apparent that it was intense and extremely accurate. Oboe entailed the pilot flying dead straight and level for ten minutes on the attack run. Suddenly a tremendous flash ... Read more

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