The Bomber Mafia: a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War
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"Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war. In The Bomber Mafia : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, 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' asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points--industrial or transportation hubs--cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In his podcast, Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he steps back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asks, 'Was it worth it?' The attack 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 more by averting a planned US invasion. Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood's theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. 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"--
Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Bombing, Aerial -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Bombing, Aerial -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Hansell, Haywood S.
LeMay, Curtis E.
Precision bombing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Strategy -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Aerial operations, American.
Notes
Gladwell, M. (2021). The Bomber Mafia: a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War. First edition. New York, NY, Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. 2021. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. New York, NY, Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. New York, NY, Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gladwell, Malcolm. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. First edition. New York, NY, Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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505 | 0 | |a Introduction. "This isn't working. You're out." -- "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." -- "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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