Competition: Win a copy of Marked for Death: The First World War in the Air
This article originally appeared on Culture24.
Win a top author's new book on the aircraft of the First World War
The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different.
Marked for Death, by the Whitbread Prize-winning author James Hamilton-Paterson, debunks popular myth to explore the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning 19-year-olds falling screaming to their deaths; of pilots blinded by the entrails of their observers.
Hamilton-Paterson also reveals how four years of war produced profound changes both in the aircraft themselves and in military attitudes and strategy. By 1918 it was widely accepted that domination of the air above the battlefield was crucial to military success – a realisation that would change the nature of warfare for ever.
Want to win a copy? Email competitions@culture24.org.uk with 'MFD' in the subject line. Don’t forget to include your postal address.
- Competition closes 5pm Friday June 5 2015. You can buy a copy of the book at Head of Zeus.
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- Entrants must be over 16 years of age and resident in the UK.
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