The Bomber Mafia
A Dream. A Temptation. And the Longest Night of the Second World War
Gladwell, Malcom
In The Bomber Mafia, 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 group 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 this book, Gladwell asks: Was it worth it? The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
Softcover
344 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
New York - Boston - London - 2022 - Back Bay Books
Art.Nr. 24168
