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05156aam a22004817i 4500 001 F1062D14214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 221006s2022 sp af b 001 0 spa d 020 $a 6073815395 020 $a 9786073815390 035 $a (OCoLC)1346884899 040 $a UUC $b eng $e rda $c UUC $d JTH $d OCLCF $d TXKIL $d BKL $d AUV $d SILO 041 1 $a spa $h eng 050 00 $a D790 $b .G535 2021 082 04 $a 940.54/4973 $2 23 100 1 $a Gladwell, Malcolm, $d 1963- $e author. 240 10 $a Bomber Mafia. $l Spanish 245 13 $a El clan de los bombarderos : $b un suenÌo, una tentacioÌn y la noche maÌs larga de la Segunda Guerra Mundial / $c Malcolm Gladwell ; traduccioÌn de Juan Luis Trejo AÌlvarez. 250 $a Primera edicioÌn 264 1 $a Barcelona : $b Taurus, $c 2022. 300 $a 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 500 $a TiÌtulo original: The Bomber Mafia: a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Durante los anÌos previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en una base aeÌrea de Alabama, un grupo de pilotos renegados forjoÌ una idea radical. ¿QueÌ pasariÌa si los bombardeos fueran tan precisos como para que las guerras pudieran librarse solamente desde el aire? ¿PodriÌan los brutales enfrentamientos entre los ejeÌrcitos de tierra convertirse en cosa del pasado? Este libro cuenta lo que ocurrioÌ cuando se intentoÌ llevar a la praÌctica ese suenÌo. Malcolm Gladwell sigue los pasos de un genio holandeÌs y su ordenador analoÌgico casero, del grupo de cientiÌficos piroÌmanos de Harvard que inventaron el napalm, de un brillante piloto que cantaba tonadas a su equipo y del comandante que ordenariÌa uno de los ataques maÌs sangrientos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A su maÌs puro estilo, Gladwell les saca todo el jugo a estos personajes fascinantes y nos conduce aÌgilmente a traveÌs de una serie de dilemas que cambiaron el rumbo de la historia para preguntarnos cuaÌl puede llegar a ser el precio del progreso."--Page 4 of cover. 520 $a "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." -- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a IntroduccioÌn : esto no estaÌ funcionando. Te quedas fuera -- Al senÌor Norden le gustaba pasar el rato en el taller -- Progresamos cuando no nos aferramos a las costumbres -- Era incapaz de sentir empatiÌa -- El maÌs convencido de los creyentes -- El general Hansell estaba horrorizado -- SeriÌa un suicidio, muchachos, un suicidio -- Si me adoras, todo seraÌ tuyo -- Todo son cenizas. Eso y aquello y lo de maÌs allaÌ -- DestruccioÌn improvisada -- ConclusioÌn : de repente, la Air House desapareceriÌa. Puf. 546 $a Text in Spanish 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 0 $a Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 $x Operaciones aeÌreas. 650 0 $a Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 $z JapoÌn $x Operaciones aeÌreas. 650 0 $a Bombardeos aeÌreos $z JapoÌn $x Historia $y Siglo XX. 650 0 $a AeronaÌutica militar $x Historia. 650 0 $a Spanish language materials. 700 1 $a Trejo AÌlvarez, Juan Luis, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230713113957.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F1062D14214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search