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Author:

Overy, R. J., author.

Title:

The bombers and the bombed : Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945 / Richard Overy.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxviii, 562 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Allied.
World War, 1939-1945--Europe--Aerial operations, Allied.
World War, 1939-1945--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Bombing, Aerial--Europe--History--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--History--Europe--History--20th century.
Civil defense--History--Europe--History--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--Germany--History--20th century.
Bombing, Aerial--Europe--Public opinion.
Public opinion--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Bombing Bulgaria -- The sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command 1939-42 -- The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany 1943-4 -- The "Battle of Germany", 1944-5 -- The logic of total war: German society under the bombs -- Italy: The war of bombs and words -- Bombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new order -- Epilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the post-war world.

Summary:

A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies.

ISBN:

0670025151
9780670025152

LCCN:

2013018405

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

OCPA943 -- Clare Public Library (Clare)

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)