| Portion of title |
Naval aviation and the origins of strategic bombing in World War I |
| Contents |
Blazing the path: the Royal Naval Air Service and the beginnings of strategic bombing -- Crushing the hornets' nest -- Naval aviation enters the arena: April-December 1917 -- The Dunkirk dilemma -- Bombardment aviation: America to the rescue -- The General Board speaks: January-March 1918 -- Paris charts a different course: January-April 1918 -- The great debate: March-May 1918 -- Night bombers needed -- Putting the plan into motion: May-July 1918 -- Training of personnel -- Capronis coveted: Army versus Navy in Italy -- Airbases and support facilities -- Send in the Marines -- Learning from the British: July-November 1918 -- Operations against the enemy: the campaign begins -- Operations against the enemy: day bombing -- Bombing, bombing, and more bombing -- Lessons and legacies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Rossano, Geoffrey Louis. Striking the hornets' nest Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015] 9781612513911 |
| LCCN | 2015025440 |
| ISBN | 9781612513904 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1612513905 (alk. paper) |
