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Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography


 
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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
Wars
2First World War (1914-1918): Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
3Edward Steichen (compiler): Album of photographs by the Photographic Section, U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) (1918-1919)
4Spanish Civil War (1936-1939): Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
5Second World War (1939-1945): Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
6Justification for the Iraq War (2003-2011)

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