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Reading the first couple of questions makes me think about how people of the late, late 18th century thought similarly about air ships and how air power would t
by sown 14y ago
Reading the first couple of questions makes me think about how people of the late, late 18th century thought similarly about air ships and how air power would turn out to be.
H.G. Wells wrote a book called "Clipper In The Clouds" and it also used navy themes influencing how people thought it would go.
- reitzensteinm 14y agoAnyone interested in this kind of thing should really check out the Hardcore History episode on the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive/Show-42---(BLITZ)-Logical-Insanity/Second%20World%20War-World%20War%20Two-World%20War%20One http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hharchive/Show-42---(BLITZ... It explores the history of air power as well, including the massively inflated early expectations that sound basically like modern nuclear war.