The Bomber Mafia

Release on 2021-04-27 | by Malcolm Gladwell

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 9780316296939
Category: History
Page: 288
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The Bomber Mafia

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice In The Bomber Mafia, 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, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war 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 even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but 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.

Language: en
Pages: 288

The Bomber Mafia

Authors: Malcolm Gladwell

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-27 - Publisher: Hachette UK

Language: en
Pages: 256

The Bomber Mafia

Authors: Malcolm Gladwell

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-27 - Publisher: Penguin UK

The international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century 'The Bomber Mafia is a case study in how dreams go awry. When some shiny new idea drops from the heavens, it does not land softly in our laps. It lands hard,

Language: en
Pages: 25

SUMMARY and ANALYSIS of the BOMBER MAFIA by Malcolm Gladwell

Authors: Steven Morin

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-30 - Publisher:

Undoubtedly, This Is An Outline, Not The ORIGINAL Book. In Any Case, This Overview Contains Major Plotlines And Nuances, Telling The Entire Book In An Energetic, Minimized Path Without Losing Any Steam! DISCLAIMER: This rundown isn't composed by the original author(s) of the book. it's composed and distributed by Steven

Language: en
Pages: 26

Summary and Analysis of The Bomber Mafia

Authors: Richard B Banks

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-21 - Publisher:

This is a Summary and Analysis of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell and not the original book. Contained in this book is a detailed summary and analysis of the ideas and thoughts of the author in

Language: en
Pages: 312

Birth of a Legend

Authors: Capt Arthur H. Wagner Uscg (Ret), Arthur H. Wagner, Leon E. Braxton, Ltcol Leon E. (Bill)

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01 - Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Competition for Army acquisition funding in the betrween wars depression years was fierce. The opposing camps of Fighter Supremacy versus Strategic Bombing played out at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), at GHQ, before Congress and in the media. Military exercises pitted the Navy and the Air Corps in operations