Strategic bombing by the United States in World War II : the myths and the facts

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    • Ross, Stewart Halsey

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Strategic bombing by the United States in World War II : the myths and the facts

Stewart Halsey Ross

McFarland & Co., c2003

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Strategic bombing by the U.S. in World War II

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index

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This work sets suppositions against facts surrounding the United States' use of strategic bombing in World War II. Chapters cover the events leading up to the war; the start of the war; the seers and the planners; the airplanes, bombs, bombsights, and aircrews; the planes Germany used to defend itself against American planes; the five cities (Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki) that saw the heaviest bombing; and the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey of the damage done. The book probes the government's myth-building statements that supported America's view of itself as a uniquely humanitarian nation, and analyzes the role played by interservice rivalry - ""battleship admirals"" against ""bomber generals.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1 The Beginnings      2 The Great War      3 The Seers      4 The Planners      5 The Crucibles      6 The Airplanes      7 The Bombs      8 The Bombsights      9 The Aircrews      10 The Defenses      11 The Five Cities      12 The Surveys      Epilogue      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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