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Postcard History of Japanese Aviation
Edward M. Young
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Description for Postcard History of Japanese Aviation
Num Pages: 160 pages, over 250 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; AJC; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1152.
This book provides a unique view of the development of military and commercial aviation in Japan from the pioneering years before World War I to the end of World War II. There are comparatively few books in English that illustrate aviation in Japan in the years before World War II. This is the first book to make extensive use of Japanese aviation postcards to show how aviation in Japan grew from a dependence on foreign aircraft designs and engineers in the early years to an independent industry that produced world-class airplanes. The book uses more than 250 postcards to trace ... Read more
This book provides a unique view of the development of military and commercial aviation in Japan from the pioneering years before World War I to the end of World War II. There are comparatively few books in English that illustrate aviation in Japan in the years before World War II. This is the first book to make extensive use of Japanese aviation postcards to show how aviation in Japan grew from a dependence on foreign aircraft designs and engineers in the early years to an independent industry that produced world-class airplanes. The book uses more than 250 postcards to trace ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764340390
SKU
V9780764340390
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About Edward M. Young
Edward Young has had a life-long interest in aviation history. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Political Science. Asian aviation and World War II in the Pacific and the CBI have been the focus of much of Mr. Young’s research and writing. He is a regular volunteer at the Museum of Flight in Seattle and lectures on ... Read more
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