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
2021

Physical Description
xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject
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

Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High940.54 GLABook30905000115281Non-Fiction