[WWI] Need help with a term paper

C.Patsaros angelcos at otenet.gr
Sat Oct 25 10:09:36 EDT 2008


Hi

My suggest  the  "The World at Arms"  by TimeLife books


Costas

Kerry Lynn wrote:
> Thanks.  I remember reading some of these as a kid, such as "Iron Men
> with Wooden Wings" by Lou Cameron.  However, I suspect this paper
> needs footnotes.  So far I've taken Kilduff's "Over the Battlefronts" 
> down
> from the shelf, but many of the references he cites are from the 20's &
> 30's and I don't have them.  One contemporary history of aviation that
> has a good OT chapter is "Wings" by Tom D. Crouch.  A few more like
> this would probably do the trick, plus a good article on the damage that
> was inflicted by two-seaters (artillery spotting, etc.)
>
> -K-
>
> Frederick Miles wrote:
>>  I'll try to help, but everything I can think of is out of print,
>>  especially the good old WWI aviation historical fictions that did a
>>  good job at covering that theme.  goaw
>>
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>>  --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Kerry Lynn <kerlyn2001 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Kerry Lynn <kerlyn2001 at verizon.net> Subject: [WWI] Need help
>> >  with a term paper To: wwi at wwi-models.org Date: Friday, October 24,
>> >  2008, 6:48 PM Greetings,
>> >
>> > My daughter has decided to write a term paper on WWI aviation for
>> > her college history class.  While I have a number of reference
>> > books and journals, I'm at a loss to put my finger on anything
>> > general enough to describe the big picture.  I thought I'd ask the
>> >  list for your favorite books, articles, etc of a general nature.
>> > I'm thinking the obvious points to cover are those such as the
>> > rapid development of aeronautics, the end of chivalry, the role of
>> >  two-seaters, air combat, etc.  Anything else she should cover? Any
>> >  advice would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > I recently found Smithsonian Annals of Flight series online... some
>> >  of these are OT.
>> > 
> http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/AnnalsofFlight/sc_Browse.cfm?by=issue_date 
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>> > Thanks, -K-
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