The Bomber Mafia : A Dream, A Temptation, And The Longest Night Of The Second World War

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.

EAudiobook 2021

"Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. 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 had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia'...

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Aeronautics, Military History

Bombing, Aerial Japan History 20th century

History

Precision bombing History

World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations

World War, 1939-1945 Japan Aerial operations

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9781735803227

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Electronic reproduction. Solon Pushkin Industries 2021 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Introduction: "This isn't working. You're out."
Part one: The dream. "Mr. Norden was content to pass his time in the shop." ; "We make progress unhindered by custom." ; "He was lacking in the bond of human sympathy." ; "The truest of the true believers." ; "General Hansell was aghast"
Part two: The temptation. "It would be suicide, boys, suicide." ; "If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." ; "It's all ashes--all that and that and that." ; "Improvised destruction."
Conclusion: "All of a sudden the Air House would be gone. Poof."

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3085112

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