Airships In International Affairs 1890 1940

Download or read book Airships in International Affairs, 1890-1940 written by John Duggan and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-12-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the unique psychological appeal of the airship worldwide and shows how this appeal was exploited for ulterior political purposes. They were used by Count Zeppelin to advance German militarism, American Admiral Moffett to fight US Army aviation ambitions, British Lord Thomson to foster Socialism and strengthen Empire ties, Mussolini to promote Italian Fascism, Stalin to foster world Communism, and Hitler to promote Nazi ideology. As airships roamed worldwide, they carried these political influences with them.