A Nation of Fliers: German Aviation and the Popular Imagination

· Harvard University Press - T
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304
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From huge, fragile airships hanging in the sky to dashing young war pilots obsessed with death and destruction, this text describes Germany’s perilous romance with aviation, covering the bright idealism of flight and its darker service in total war.
From huge, fragile airships hanging in the sky to dashing young war pilots obsessed with death and destruction, this text describes Germany’s perilous romance with aviation, covering the bright idealism of flight and its darker service in total war.

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About the author

Peter Fritzsche is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Peter Fritzsche is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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