AIRCRAFT OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939: revised edition (Putnam's history of aircraft) [Hardcover]

Gerald Howson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Putnam's history of aircraft | Publication Date: April 2003

The Spanish Civil War was the key conflict of the era between the First and Second World Wars, used by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany to practice for the coming struggle. It provided the first experience of combat flying between opponents using advanced European aircraft since the First World War ended in 1918, and was studied carefully for its lessons. Aircraft of the Spanish Civil War 1936-39 fills a gap on the bookshelves of everyone interested in the history of military or civil aviation. For the first time, all the astonishingly varied types of aircraft that took part in the war are described in a single volume. There are explanatory sections on Spanish aviation before the war, the Civil War itself, the opposing air forces, with their large international contingents, and the camouflage and identity systems they adopted, the civil airlines, and the networks of agencies responsible for smuggling hundreds of aircraft into Spain in defiance of Non-Intervention, as well as lists of the many types and large numbers of aircraft employed by the two sides. ? ?Gerald Howson is an internationally respected scholar of the arms trade during the Spanish Civil War. He has also written the acclaimed book Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War.? ?

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Aeronautical; Revised edition (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0851778429
• ISBN-13: 978-0851778426
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,888,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, August 11, 1998

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This review is from: AIRCRAFT SPANISH CIVIL WAR (Hardcover)

This book is a great source book for the aviation aspect of the Spanish Civil War. It has everything: intrique, conflict, and betrayal.The stories are told with the aircraft type as the reference to the story, and covers aircraft of both sides. By telling the story in this format, the reader gets a good feel for the technical problems involved, the heroism of the pilots, and the political extremism of both sides,and how the Spanish Civil War become a testing ground for the Russian Front of WWII.