Float Planes Over the Desert First-Person Accounts An intimate narrative history of

An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful

Described by historians as a “total war

But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat

this volume considers some well-known texts but also brings to light forgotten children’s literature of the era

Float Planes Over the Desert First-Person Accounts An intimate narrative history ofDescription By Ian M Burns Paperback This 568 page study, richly illustrated with photographs and maps, chronicles the operations of the French Navys Aronautique maritime and the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean between 1914 and 1918. Operating in what was considered a sideshow theatre far from the Western Front, these pioneering airmen developed critical techniques for naval aviation, performing