{"product_id":"an-incipient-mutiny-the-story-of-the-u-s-army-signal-corps-pilot-revolt-hardcover","title":"An Incipient Mutiny: The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pilot Revolt - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDwight R. Messimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Incipient Mutiny\u003c\/i\u003e traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud, and cover-up that led ultimately to a pilot revolt against the military establishment. Dwight R. Messimer focuses on the personalities of the pilots who initiated the rebellion and on the Signal Corps officers whose mismanagement brought it on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The official air force histories say nothing about the poor construction and design flaws in the airplanes that the Signal Corps used, which were responsible for the deaths of 25 percent of the pilots, a death rate so high that no life insurance company would issue them a policy. At the same time, there were airplanes on the market that were superior in every way to the planes the army was using and less expensive as well. The loss of human life, then, could not have been more senseless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDwight R. Messimer\u003c\/b\u003e has written a dozen books on military and naval history, including \u003ci\u003eFind and Destroy: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sabotage Cell: German Agents, American Traitors, and the U-boat\u003c\/i\u003e Deutschland \u003ci\u003eduring World War I\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.5 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468569657522,"sku":"9781640122123","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5ebc9e9cb89a8719e23774c7885da0e1.webp?v=1779054837","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/an-incipient-mutiny-the-story-of-the-u-s-army-signal-corps-pilot-revolt-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}