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Author:

Clodfelter, Mark.

Title:

Beneficial bombing : the progressive foundations of American air power, 1917-1945 / Mark Clodfelter.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 347 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bombing, Aerial--United States--History--20th century.
Air power--United States--History--20th century.
Precision bombing--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations
Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Genesis in the Great War -- Progressive prophecy -- From prophecy to plan -- Breaching fortress Europe, 1942-43 -- Bludgeoning with bombs : Germany, 1944-45 -- Fire from the sky : Japan, 1944-45 -- Progressive legacies.

Series:

Studies in war, society, and the military

ISBN:

0803233981 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803233980 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)555650132

LCCN:

2010021757

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)