University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 5-2017 Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925 Robert William Rennie University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Part of the European History Commons, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Commons, and the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Rennie, Robert William, "Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2017. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/4422 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Robert William Rennie entitled "Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in History. Denise Phillips, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Vejas Liulevicius, Monica Black, Maria Stehle Accepted for the Council: Dixie L. Thompson Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925 A Dissertation Presented for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Robert William Rennie May 2017 Copyright © 2017 by Robert W.