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Index
Cover
Author biography
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Navy
Historiography
1. Training
Royal Flying Corps Training
Effectiveness of the RFC Training Programme
Royal Navy Training
Effectiveness of the Naval Training Programme
2. Non-Combat & Service Motivation
Courage
Coping with Action: Killing
Coping with Action: Death
Threats to Motivation: Poor Leadership
Threats to Motivation: Boredom and Discomfort
Threats to Motivation: Lack of Moral Fibre
Encouraging Motivation: Pride in Service
Encouraging Motivation: Manliness
Encouraging Motivation: Comradeship
Encouraging Motivation: Leisure
Encouraging Motivation: Personal Control
3. Technology
History of Technology
The Royal Flying Corps: The Aircraft Industry
The Effect of Technological Invention: Aerial Views
The Effect of Technological Invention: Physical Protection
Pilot Led Innovation: Arming the Aeroplane
Pilot Led Innovation: Aerial Bombardment
The Royal Navy
Preparing a Base
Civilian Scientists and National Defence
Submarines
Anti-Submarine Developments
4. Home Front
The Threat
Life on the Home Front: 1914–1915
Combat on the Home Front: The RNAS 1914–1915
Combat Preparations: Not Fighting the Zeppelin 1914–1915
Combat on the Home Front: Fighting the Zeppelin 1914–1915
Life on the Home Front: 1916–1918
Combat on the Home Front: Not Fighting the Zeppelin 1916
Combat on the Home Front: Aeroplane Raids 1917–1918
Servicemen: View of the Raids
5. Representations of War
RAF: The Establishment of a Peacetime Service
Public Affection
Heroism and Pilots
Creating the Myth
The Navy
Political and Economic Consequences of the Naval War
Naval Inertia and Lost Faith
Conclusion
The Contribution of the RFC and Navy to Great War Studies
Notes
Bibliography
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