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Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940
Duggan, J. (Digital Equipment, Ireland); Meyer, H.
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Description for Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book analyses the unique psychological appeal of the airship worldwide and shows how this appeal was exploited for ulterior political purposes. They were used by Count Zeppelin to advance German militarism, American Admiral Moffett to fight US Army aviation ambitions, British Lord Thomson to foster Socialism and strengthen Empire ties, Mussolini to promote Italian Fascism, Stalin to foster world Communism, and Hitler to promote Nazi ideology. As airships roamed worldwide, so they carried these political influences with them.
This book analyses the unique psychological appeal of the airship worldwide and shows how this appeal was exploited for ulterior political purposes. They were used by Count Zeppelin to advance German militarism, American Admiral Moffett to fight US Army aviation ambitions, British Lord Thomson to foster Socialism and strengthen Empire ties, Mussolini to promote Italian Fascism, Stalin to foster world Communism, and Hitler to promote Nazi ideology. As airships roamed worldwide, so they carried these political influences with them.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349412341
SKU
V9781349412341
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Ref
99-15
About Duggan, J. (Digital Equipment, Ireland); Meyer, H.
JOHN DUGGAN is currently editor of Zeppelin, the quarterly journal of the Zeppelin Study Group. He is co-author (with Manfred Bauer) of LZ 130Graf Zeppelin and the end of Commercial Airship Travel, (with Jim Graue) Commercial Zeppelin Flights to South America and (with Gisela Woodward) Graf Zeppelin Polar Post. HENRY CORD MEYER, a naval officer during the war and ... Read more
Reviews for Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940
'This well-written and very informative study illuminates the political and emotional legacy of giant airships.' - R.E. Bilstein, Choice