Biplanes at War: US Marine Corps Aviation in the Small Wars Era, 1915-1934
Wray R. Johnson, "Biplanes at War: US Marine Corps Aviation in the Small Wars Era, 1915-1934 "
English | ISBN: 0813177049 | 2019 | 440 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
English | ISBN: 0813177049 | 2019 | 440 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
Unlike the relative uniformity of conventional warfare, the peculiarities of small wars prevent a clear definition of rules and roles for military forces to follow. During the small wars era, aviation was still in its infancy, and the US military had only recently begun battling in the skies. The US Marine Corps recognized that flexibility and ingenuity would be critical to the successful conduct of small wars and thus employed the new technology of aviation.