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British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand betwe...

British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and t...

British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand betwe...

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British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand between the world wars / Alex M Spencer.

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Full title

British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand between the world wars / Alex M Spencer.

Publisher

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2020]

Call Numbers

H 2021/3006

Record Identifier

74VKaR6K0y43

MMS ID

991024390606902626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

The First Imperial Air Defense Schemes, 1918-1919 -- The Formation of the Royal Australian Air Force and the First Reassessments of Pacific Defenses, 1920-1921 -- The Empire's Air Defense: The Geddes Cuts of 1922, and the 1923 Imperial Conference and Their Influence on the Empire's Air Defense, 1922...

Publication information

Publisher

West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2020]

Place of Publication

Indiana

Date Published

[2020]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"British Imperial Air Power examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. It also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain. Following Wor...

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Full title

British imperial air power : the Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand between the world wars / Alex M Spencer.

Portion of title

Royal Air Forces and the defense of Australia and New Zealand between the world wars

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Notes

General note

Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.

Issued As

Online version Spencer, Alex M. British imperial air power West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2020] 9781557539427 (DLC) 2020001444

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

H 2021/3006

Record Identifier

74VKaR6K0y43

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaR6K0y43

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ISBN

9781557539403 paperback

DDC

358.400993/09041

MMS ID

991024390606902626

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