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Friendly Fire

Richard Townshend Bickers

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Description:The somewhat illogical term ‘Friendly Fire’ is used to describe the accidental shooting of servicemen by their own side. This type of, often fatal, accident leapt into public knowledge during the Gulf War as if it were an entirely new phenomenon — yet another example of the problems created, and still far from understood, by the presence of reporters in or near the front line of a battle with the technical equipment to transmit televised coverage of the fighting as it happens. Of course, as Richard Bickers points out in this historical survey of some of the most dramatic incidents of what he more correctly calls ‘accidental amicide’, it is an occurrence as old as warfare itself. It is inevitable that in the heat of battle men become confused and disoriented and such accidents are bound to happen. Sometimes, as the author shows, the blame can be attributed to the incompetence or stupidity of a commander who leads or sends his men into the line of fire of his own guns. More often, however, it is simply the result of a breakdown in communications, stress or a change in the weather. In this absorbing book, Richard Bickers puts ‘Friendly Fire’ in its true perspective, using his own experience as an airman in and after the Second World War to show how hard it is for a pilot to distinguish friend from foe. Praise for Richard Townsend Bickers: ‘A valuable history of the air war that began it all … by an ex-flyer of the Second World War who has a genuine feeling for the feats of his predecessors’ - THE BIRMINGHAM POST ‘His sympathy with the fighting man (and woman) shines out of every page’ - LIVERPOOL DAILY POST Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Friendly Fire. To get started finding Friendly Fire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 162

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Endeavour Press

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Description: The somewhat illogical term ‘Friendly Fire’ is used to describe the accidental shooting of servicemen by their own side. This type of, often fatal, accident leapt into public knowledge during the Gulf War as if it were an entirely new phenomenon — yet another example of the problems created, and still far from understood, by the presence of reporters in or near the front line of a battle with the technical equipment to transmit televised coverage of the fighting as it happens. Of course, as Richard Bickers points out in this historical survey of some of the most dramatic incidents of what he more correctly calls ‘accidental amicide’, it is an occurrence as old as warfare itself. It is inevitable that in the heat of battle men become confused and disoriented and such accidents are bound to happen. Sometimes, as the author shows, the blame can be attributed to the incompetence or stupidity of a commander who leads or sends his men into the line of fire of his own guns. More often, however, it is simply the result of a breakdown in communications, stress or a change in the weather. In this absorbing book, Richard Bickers puts ‘Friendly Fire’ in its true perspective, using his own experience as an airman in and after the Second World War to show how hard it is for a pilot to distinguish friend from foe. Praise for Richard Townsend Bickers: ‘A valuable history of the air war that began it all … by an ex-flyer of the Second World War who has a genuine feeling for the feats of his predecessors’ - THE BIRMINGHAM POST ‘His sympathy with the fighting man (and woman) shines out of every page’ - LIVERPOOL DAILY POST Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Friendly Fire. To get started finding Friendly Fire, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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