The bomber mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second world war
Title
:
The bomber mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second world war
Personal Author EPSB
:
Malcolm, Gladwell
Summary
:
How a small team of Utopian Air Force strategists attempted to win World War II through precision bombing-only to witness Curtis LeMay defeat Japan from the air, by burning nearly 70 of its cities to the ground. A tale of idealists, grim pragmatists, technologists, and the wages of war.
Year Published
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2021-2022
Physical Description
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xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Aerial operations, American.
Bombing, Aerial -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military -- History
Precision bombing -- History
Summary
:
How a small team of Utopian Air Force strategists attempted to win World War II through precision bombing-only to witness Curtis LeMay defeat Japan from the air, by burning nearly 70 of its cities to the ground. A tale of idealists, grim pragmatists, technologists, and the wages of war.
ISBN
:
9780316296618
9780316296816
Publisher
:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Edmonton Christian High | 940.54 GLA | Book | 30905000115281 | Non-Fiction |