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PublisherStackpole Books
ISBN-100811716899
ISBN-139780811716895
eBay Product ID (ePID)219702577
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Book TitleFlame on : U. S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Weapons, Military / World War I
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJohn W. Mountcastle
Book SeriesStackpole Military History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-039162
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsFlame On: U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945, by Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA Ret., is a concise and comprehensive history of the development and use of incendiary weapons (including flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more) by the American military in the twentieth century, with a special focus on World War II. . . . The latest addition to the simply outstanding Stackpole Military History series, Flame On is enhanced with the inclusion of twenty-eight pages of notes, a thirty-four page bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Impressively well researched, written, organized, and presented, Flame On is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library American military history reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists.
Dewey Decimal623.4/516097309041
SynopsisA concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II. Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm, A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II. Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm., A clear and concise history of the development and combat use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II. Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm, A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II. * Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II * Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific * Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm, A concise history of the development and use of incendiary weapons--flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more--by the American military in the twentieth century, with a focus on World War II.- Describes how the U.S. created its incendiary weapons program virtually from scratch during World War II- Pivotal episodes include Omaha Beach on D-Day and the skilled performance of an armored flamethrower battalion in the Pacific- Also covers the history of incendiaries from ancient times to World War II and through Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm
LC Classification NumberUG447.65.M68 2016
