TY  - BOOK
AU  - Higham,Robin
AU  - Greenwood,John T.
AU  - Hardesty,Von
TI  - Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century
T2  - Studies in Air Power
SN  - 0714647845
AV  - TL526.S65 R92
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Engineering (General)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction; 1 Early Flight in Russia; 2 From Chaos to the Eve of the Great Patriotic War, 1922-41; 3 Soviet Frontal Aviation during the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45; 4 Aviation and the Transformation of Combined-Arms Warfare, 1941-45; 5 Russian and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1908-96; 6 The Aviation Industry, 1917-97; 7 The Designers: Their Design Bureaux and Aircraft; 8 The Defense of Russian Aerospace; 9 Air Combat on the Periphery: The Soviet Air Force in Action during the Cold War, 1945-8910 The Rise and Fall of Aeroflot: Civil Aviation in the Soviet Union, 1920-91; Epilogue; Acknowledgements and Further Reading; Index
N2  - In the light of new archival material the editors take a fresh look at Russian aviation in the twentieth century. Presenting a comprehensive view of Russian aviation, from its genesis in the late czarist period to the present era, the approach is essentially chronological with a major emphasis on the evolution of military aviation. The contributions are diverse, with appropriate attention to civilian and institutional themes
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