Airships in International Affairs, 1890–1940

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Author(s): John Duggan, Henry Cord Meyer (auth.)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2001

Language: English
Tags: International Relations; History, general; World History, Global and Transnational History; Modern History; Military and Defence Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction: Technology and the Human Psyche....Pages 1-18
Imperial German Precedents, 1890–1918....Pages 19-50
Zeppelins in International Politics, 1919–21....Pages 51-80
Zeppelin Reborn in America, 1922–24....Pages 81-103
Airships in International Political Competition, 1924–28....Pages 104-140
International Airship Hubris and Adversity, 1928–30....Pages 141-176
A Buffeting for German and American Airships, 1931–35....Pages 177-209
Airship Wonder Captured by Nazi Ideology, 1935–40....Pages 210-225
Conclusion....Pages 226-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-275