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Bomber Mafia : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316296813
ISBN-139780316296816
eBay Product ID (ePID)15057245686
Product Key Features
Book TitleBomber Mafia : a Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary Science, Military / World War II, Military / Strategy, Military / Aviation, Oceania
Publication Year2022
GenreTechnology & Engineering, History
AuthorMalcolm Gladwell
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
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TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Excellent revisionist history... another Gladwell everything-you-thought-you-knew-was-wrong page-turner."-- Kirkus (starred review)
Dewey Decimal940.54/4973
SynopsisDive into this "truly compelling" ( Good Morning America ) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war--from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. 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 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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- Dec 18, 2024
Good read
Excellent story of the creation of aviation as an effective tool in war, and also a look into human psychology.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jul 30, 2024
Bomber Mafia is to the point, very informative
Concise probativeVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
