Flame On

U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945

AvJohn W. Mountcastle

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Stackpole Military History Series

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Beskrivning

A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II.• Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II• Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific• Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-03-01
Mått:150 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Stackpole Military History Series
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Stackpole Books
ISBN:9780811716895

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Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA (Ret.), was the U.S. Army's chief of military history from 1994 to 1998. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and Duke University and a veteran of Vietnam, he also taught at West Point. He lives near Richmond, Virginia.

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Flame On: U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945, by Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA Ret., is a concise and comprehensive history of the development and use of incendiary weapons (including flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more) by the American military in the twentieth century, with a special focus on World War II. . . . The latest addition to the simply outstanding Stackpole Military History series, Flame On is enhanced with the inclusion of twenty-eight pages of notes, a thirty-four page bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Impressively well researched, written, organized, and presented, Flame On is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library American military history reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.