{"product_id":"bloody-april-1917-the-birth-of-modern-air-power-paperback","title":"Bloody April 1917: The Birth of Modern Air Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames S. Corum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGraham Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eResearched from original-language primary sources, this is a uniquely well-informed and multi-faceted history of the World War I air campaign of Bloody April.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResearched from original German-, French-, and English-language sources, and written by an authority on both air and ground military operations, author, Dr James S Corum examines how Bloody April caused Allied forces to reassess their approach to the use of airpower. Considering well-known problems such as technology and training doctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination ideally had to work in late-WW I ground offensives, Dr Corum analyses what each side got wrong and why. He describes little-known parts of the April campaigns, such as both sides' use of strategic bombing with heavy aircraft, and considers the German use of advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of the infamous 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLessons from Bloody April not only served to improve the coordination of Allied artillery and aircraft but subsequently aircraft played a much larger role in supporting ground troops in attack mode. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBloody April paved the way for the airpower revolution that, by 1918, would make the Allies masters of the sky on the Western Front.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr James Corum\u003c\/b\u003e is a retired US Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. He taught military history at Salford University, UK, from 2014 to 2019, and was Dean of the Baltic Defence College from 2009 to 2014. He served as a professor at the US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Power Studies and was an associate professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College. Dr Corum is the author of several books on military history, including \u003ci\u003eThe Luftwaffe: Creating\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe Operational Air War, 1918-1940 \u003c\/i\u003e(1997) and \u003ci\u003eField Marshal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWolfram von Richthofen, Master of the German Air War\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 9.72 x 7.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766352675104,"sku":"9781472853059","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/35ed5f7cb8acdd527de74abe1c6df276.webp?v=1780290972","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bloody-april-1917-the-birth-of-modern-air-power-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}