This book examines the development of the fighter aircraft as a military weapon, stressing the interplay of technology, tactical thought, combat experience, and the emergence of a new breed of warrior - the fighter pilot.
The book offers significant lessons to those concerned with military aviation in modern times. It covers all combatants in the war, and has a very full complement of images (presented in the book as "A Photographic Essay on the Evolution of the Fighter, 1914 - 1918").