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Airships in international affairs, 1890-1940 / John Duggan and Henry Cord Meyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duggan, John, 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airships--History.
- Airships.
- History.
- International relations.
- Airships--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book analyzes 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, they carried these political influences with them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333751280
- OCLC:
- 45879461
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