Flame On!: U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945 - Hardcover

Mountcastle, John Wyndham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572491663 ISBN 13: 9781572491663

Publisher: White Mane Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Mountcastle, a former chief of military history of the US Army and an experienced combat veteran, describes the wartime development and use of all types of incendiary weapons by the US during WWII. He concentrates on efforts made by American industry, academia, and the armed forces to develop not only weapons but the tactics needed to direct their effective employment. Includes b&w historical photos of weapons and combat. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA (Ret.), was the U.S. Army's chief of military history from 1994 to 1998. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and Duke University and a veteran of Vietnam, he also taught at West Point. He lives near Richmond, Virginia.

Review:

Flame On: U.S. Incendiary Weapons, 1918-1945, by Brig. Gen. John Mountcastle, USA Ret., is a concise and comprehensive history of the development and use of incendiary weapons (including flamethrowers, incendiary bombs, napalm, and more) by the American military in the twentieth century, with a special focus on World War II. . . . The latest addition to the simply outstanding Stackpole Military History series, Flame On is enhanced with the inclusion of twenty-eight pages of notes, a thirty-four page bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Impressively well researched, written, organized, and presented, Flame On is a critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library American military history reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists. (James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review)

James A. Cox

About this edition

• Publisher: White Mane Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1572491663
• ISBN 13: 9781572491663
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206