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03107aam a2200433 a 4500 001 50762862EBA711ECB9EC59E53EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220614010036 008 211110s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0316296813 020 $a 9780316296816 040 $a ICrlF $b eng $c ICrlF $d ICrlF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 940.54/4973 $2 23 100 1 $a Gladwell, Malcolm, $d 1963- 245 14 $a The Bomber Mafia : $b a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War / $c Malcolm Gladwell. 250 $a 1st Back Bay Bks. trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Co., $c 2022. 300 $a xviii, 237 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 510 3 $a Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2021 520 $a "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? [The author] re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time . . . 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"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index. 521 2 $a Adult $b Follett Library Resources 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Japan $x Aerial operations. 650 0 $a Bombing, Aerial $z Japan $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Aeronautics, Military $x History. 650 0 $a Precision bombing $x History. 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations. $2 sears 650 7 $a Bombs $z Japan $x History. $2 sears 650 7 $a Military aeronautics $x History. $2 sears 521 2 $a Adult 510 0 $a Publishers Weekly Annex 941 $a 4 952 $l CLPC792 $d 20240509010228.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430021641.0 952 $l KQPC446 $d 20230304010454.0 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20220614010346.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=50762862EBA711ECB9EC59E53EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search