Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 |
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| Author:
| Biddle, Tami |
| Series title: | Princeton Studies in International History and Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-12010-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $53.00 |
Book Description:
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Examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. This book argues that ideas about bombing civilian targets rested on - and gained validity from - widespread but substantially erroneous assumptions about the nature of modern industrial societies and their vulnerability to aerial bombardment.
Examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. This book argues that ideas about bombing civilian targets rested on - and gained validity from - widespread but substantially erroneous assumptions about the nature of modern industrial societies and their vulnerability to aerial bombardment.