The Lion Killers: Billy Mitchell and the Birth of Strategic Bombing - Softcover

Schwarzer, William

9780974860206: The Lion Killers: Billy Mitchell and the Birth of Strategic Bombing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974860204 ISBN 13: 9780974860206

Publisher: Aerial Perspective, Inc, 2006

A story about the birth of airpower and the people who fought for its existence. A staunch advocate of airpower, Brigadier General William Mitchell's ideas were controversial in a time when the general and the admiral were deemed the sole proprietors of modern warfare. His historic bombing trials and personal journey to show the full military potential of airpower would lead him into a national controversy and a phyrric outcome. Includes new photos and never-before-published details on Billy Mitchell, the man who was instrumental in the founding of the Air Force, and the controversy leading to America's most famous court-martial.

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Synopsis:

This is a story about the birth of airpower and the people who fought for its existence. A staunch advocate of airpower, Brigadier General William Mitchell's ideas were controversial in a time when the general and the admiral were deemed the sole proprietors of modern warfare. His historic bombing trials and personal journey to show the full military potential of airpower would lead him into a national controversy and a phyrric outcome.

About the Author:

William Schwarzer, chairman of the Graveyard of the Atlantic museum exhibit on Billy Mitchell in Hatteras Village, North Carolina, has written numerous articles on the controversial aviator for newspapers and magazines. Schwarzer lives in Buxton, North Carolina, and this is his first book.

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