This magnificent and comprehensive volume was written in 1922 by
Professor Walter Raleigh. Originally entitled The History of the War in
the Air (Being the story of the part played in the Great War by the
Royal Air Force) this all embracing and vital work features the most
important account of the aerial battles, the men and the machines.
Raleigh was Professor of English Literature at Glasgow University and
Chair of English Literature at Oxford University. On the outbreak of the
Great War he turned to the war as his primary subject. His finest book
on the subject is this, the first volume of The War in the Air, which
was an instant publishing success. Unfortunately the projected second
volume was never completed as Raleigh died from typhoid (which he
contracted during a visit to the Near East) in 1922. Nonetheless,
Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh has attained classic status as a
result of this mighty work and this legendary volume ensures his status
as a military author par excellence.