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The bomber mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second world war

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2021

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Format:	Book
Author:	Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author
Title:	The bomber mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second world war / Malcolm Gladwell.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Description:	xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:	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
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN:	2021931074
ISBN:	9780316296618 (hardcover)
System Availability:	42
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	42
Control Number:	1866140
Call Number:	940.54/4973
Course Reserves:	0
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