ISBN: 9781421833453

At the beginning of the twentieth century the invention of the airplane revolutionizes warfare and precipitates a devastating world war. Nations race to build armadas of airships; cities … More...

At the beginning of the twentieth century the invention of the airplane revolutionizes warfare and precipitates a devastating world war. Nations race to build armadas of airships; cities across the globe are bombed; flying navies clash above the Alps and India. The United States is invaded from the east and the west. German and American airships dual over the Atlantic, and New York is bombarded by German flying machines. Confederation of Eastern Asia airships soar above the Rockies, soon engaging in deadly dogfights with the German air fleet above Niagara Falls. In The War in the Air, the astonishingly prophetic vision of H. G. Wells reveals how one invention can change the world. Before the World Wars, Wells predicted that airplanes would be used for bombing, that urban areas would become especially vulnerable to aerial attacks, that dogfights and stealth attacks by air fleets would become a normal part of warfare, and that distance and the expanse of oceans no longer would be guarantors of safety for America or other countries. Visionary in its time and chillingly relevant a century later, The War in the Air continues to remind us that humankind's greatest evil lies in devices of its own making. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, 1st World Library Core >1<

2020, ISBN: 9781421833453

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: 1st World Library - Literary Society], Neuware - This here Progress, said Mr. Tom Smallways, 'it keeps on.' 'You'd hardly think it could keep on,' said Mr. Tom… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: 1st World Library - Literary Society], Neuware - This here Progress, said Mr. Tom Smallways, 'it keeps on.' 'You'd hardly think it could keep on,' said Mr. Tom Smallways. It was along before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark. He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed. Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder-balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent.- Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 216x140x20 mm, 348, [GW: 465g], PayPal, Kreditkarte, Offene Rechnung, Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

ISBN: 9781421833453

This here Progress, said Mr. Tom Smallways, "it keeps on." "You'd hardly think it could keep on," said Mr. Tom Smallways. It was along before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways m… More...

This here Progress, said Mr. Tom Smallways, "it keeps on." "You'd hardly think it could keep on," said Mr. Tom Smallways. It was along before the War in the Air began that Mr. Smallways made this remark. He was sitting on the fence at the end of his garden and surveying the great Bun Hill gas-works with an eye that neither praised nor blamed. Above the clustering gasometers three unfamiliar shapes appeared, thin, wallowing bladders that flapped and rolled about, and grew bigger and bigger and rounder and rounder-balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club's Saturday-afternoon ascent. Books > Literary Criticism > Essays & Collections List_Books<

ISBN: 9781421833453

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The War in the Air ab 23.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher nein Taschenbuch Bücher > Taschenbücher > Romane & Erzählung… More...

The War in the Air ab 23.99 € als Taschenbuch: . Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Romane & Erzählungen, Medien > Bücher nein Taschenbuch Bücher > Taschenbücher > Romane & Erzählungen, 1st World Library - Literary Society<

2007, ISBN: 142183345X

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