Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps and Illustrations vii
4. Preface ix
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Military Aviation before the First World War 3
8. Part I: Canadian Training and Air Policy
9. Introduction 21
10. 2. Recruiting and Training in Canada, 1914-16 23
11. 3. Sir Sam Hughes, the Aviation Lobby, and Canadian Air Policy, 1914-16 46
12. 4. RFC Expansion and the Canadian Air Training Organization 76
13. Part II: The Admiralty and the Air
14. Introduction 123
15. 5. Origins of Naval Airpower 126
16. 6. 1916: Diffusion and Misdirection 141
17. 7. Alternative Roles, 1917-18 168
18. 8. Aviation and the Victory over the Submarine 194
19. Part III: Strategic Airpower
20. Introduction 231
21. 9. The Air Defence of Britain 234
22. 10. The RNAS and the Birth of a Bombing Strategy 260
23. 11. The Strategic Air Offensive against Germany 284
24. Part IV: Airpower in the Land Battle
25. Introduction 331
26. 12. Experiments on the Western Front, 1914-15 334
27. 13. The Birth of Airpower, 1916 358
28. 14. Stalemate on the Western Front, 1917 393
29. 15. Italy and Macedonia, 1917-18 449
30. 16. The Ludendorff Offensives, 1918 479
31. 17. Amiens 518
32. 18. Perfecting the Air Weapon 542
33. Conclusion
34. 19. Towards the Establishment of a Canadian Air Force 579
35. Appendices
36. A. Canadian Airmen and the British Intervention in Russia, 1918-20 623
37. B. Canadians in Other Theatres, 1915-18 629
38. C. Statistical Analysis of Canadians in the British Flying Services 633
39. Notes 651
40. Index 727