The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, one dog-eared page.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; " 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. " Title: The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Author Name: Gladwell, Malcolm Edition: First Edition ISBN Number: 0316296619 ISBN-13: 9780316296618 Location Published: New York, Little, Brown and Company: 2021 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Item: 1.00 lb Categories: Militaria, Aviation, Aviation Seller ID: 21708 Keywords: wwii tokyo raid bombers