1910-1945 Young. This book provides a unique view of aviation in Japan from the pioneering years before WWI to the end of WWII. Making extensive use of Japanese aviation postcards, it shows how aviation in Japan grew from a dependence on foreign designs and engineers to an independent industry producing world-class airplanes, traces the history of Imperial Japanese Army and Navy aviation, follows the growth of Japanese commercial aviation, shows the use of aviation in wartime propaganda postcards, and more. 160 pages, 250+ color and B&W postcard images, 8½"x 11", hardcover. #0021179