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Cargando... Flying Corps Headquarters, 1914-1918 (1920)por Maurice Baring
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Unfortunately I read this book months ago and never got around to reviewing, but felt it was still worth a few words. I gave the book 4 stars for historical context. But for those who have read it, you will know that is essentially a day-to-day diary at its basic form. Baring, who had no military training or knowledge prior to the war, like most--wanted to contribute. He was assigned to the "intelligence department" of the newly created Royal Flying Corps, and immediately went to France. There he performed a variety of roles, much of which had nothing to do with intelligence, but over time, his close association with the RFC and RAF become an absolute contribution to the cause. His perspective on the war one might find disturbing or somewhat aloof, since he was not involved in the horrible trench warfare, but was usually in the rear echelon at headquarters. But his insights into the rapid growth of aviation during the war gives a keen insight into the development of aerial warfare in WWI. ( ) This is a reprint of a journal written during WWI by a man closely associated with the establishment and growth of the British flying corps in Europe. It is hearing history as it is being made a century ago with the innovations of the time, the timelessness of wartime suffering, battlefront humor and camaraderie. His writing brings to life this particular arena of a time and a war so different, yet so like our own. From our perspective, all these years later, it is amazing what these men were able to accomplish. History geeks, arise and dig into this book! Received at my request courtesy of NetGalley. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Maurice Baring made an unlikely soldier but during the First World War, at the age of forty, he obtained a commission and became Private Secretary to Hugh Trenchard, Commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France, and, later on, creator of the Royal Air Force. Drawn from letters and diaries, Baring describes the momentous war years that forged the flying services. The embryo RAF was lucky to have such an observant and eloquent chronicler of its early years. General Foch said 'There never was a Staff Officer in any country, in any century like Major Maurice Baring'. When first published in 1920, it was hailed 'as one of the few war books that will survive'. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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