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The U.S. Air Service In the Great War: 1917-1919
When the United States went to war in April 1917 the Army's Air Service had one squadron of obsolete aircraft. By November 1918 the Air Service had aero squadrons which were specialized in air combat, observation, bombing, and photography. Each combat division habitually had an air observation squadron and a balloon company attached. This work also details the efforts of the Air Service to construct a massive system of supply, repair, and maintenance. Questions such as the training of flyers, observers, and balloonists are also explored.
272 pages, Hardcover
First published March 20, 1996
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September 24, 2021
holding (with great tenacity) to the idea that just because it's military history doesn't mean it has to be boring but this... this was textbook Bland Military History to a tee. tepid prose and structure that made no sense to my mind (aside from the basic chronology from chapter to chapter.) lots of typos, weirdly enough?? quentin roosevelt seems like a name that should be easy to spell but i guess not? (justice for our dear quentin?)
anyway. it was very well-researched but not super readable. i was disappointed by the lack of regard given to the training fields in the united states, as a VAST number of cadets and flying rated officers either taught there or were stuck there as the war unfolded overseas. this book is called "the u.s. air service in the great war" not "the u.s. air service in combat during the great war" so i can't imagine why on earth cooke omitted such an enormous segment of scholarship in this of all books except for maybe an implicit bias on his part. hm!
anyway. it was very well-researched but not super readable. i was disappointed by the lack of regard given to the training fields in the united states, as a VAST number of cadets and flying rated officers either taught there or were stuck there as the war unfolded overseas. this book is called "the u.s. air service in the great war" not "the u.s. air service in combat during the great war" so i can't imagine why on earth cooke omitted such an enormous segment of scholarship in this of all books except for maybe an implicit bias on his part. hm!
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