The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
ISBN-13:
9780316296816
ISBN-10:
0316296813
Author:
Malcolm Gladwell
Publication date:
2022
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Category:
Japan
,
Asian History
,
Oceania
,
Australia & Oceania History
,
Aviation
,
Military History
,
Strategy
,
United States
,
World War II
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ISBN-13:
9780316296816
ISBN-10:
0316296813
Author:
Malcolm Gladwell
Publication date:
2022
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Format:
Paperback
256 pages
Category:
Japan
,
Asian History
,
Oceania
,
Australia & Oceania History
,
Aviation
,
Military History
,
Strategy
,
United States
,
World War II
Summary
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War (ISBN-13: 9780316296816 and ISBN-10: 0316296813), written by authors
Malcolm Gladwell, was published by Back Bay Books in 2022.
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An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the "Bomber Mafia," asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?
In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, "Was it worth it?"
Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
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