Harnessing the airplane : American and British cavalry responses to a new technology, 1903-1939 / Lori A. Henning.

Author: Henning, Lori A. author.

ImprintNorman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]

Descriptionxi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:"This book examines the ramifications of technological innovation and its role in the fraught relationship that developed between traditional ground units and emerging air forces in the American and British armies during the early twentieth-century."--Provided by publisher.

Note:State of affairs -- Early response to heavier-than-air flight: threats in the press and cavalry reaction, 1903-1917 -- Developing a relationship in the 1920s -- National economy: aviation versus the cavalry -- Autogiros and mechanization: the 1930s.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.

Note:Harnessing the Airplane compares how the American and British armies dealt with this unique challenge. A multilayered look at a critical aspect of modern industrial warfare, this book examines the ramifications of technological innovation and its role in the fraught relationship that developed between traditional ground units and emerging air forces.

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