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Title: Wings of Judgement: American Bombing in World War II by Ronald Schaffer ISBN: 0-19-505640-X Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand Pub. Date: September, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Chilling
Comment: This is an outstanding book on American bombing in World War II. Schaffer begins with background studies on those who lead the American air war and on air war doctrine. He then describes in some detail the air war against Germany and Japan, describing what happened and also the opinions of those who lead the war - men such as Curtis LeMay, "Hap" Arnold, and Carl Spaatz.
Sadly, the U.S. effort began to directly target civilians. This culminated in such atrocities as the attack on Dresden on February 13-14, 1945, a city which contained few industrial and military targets. A conservative estimate of the deaths is 35,000. [p. 97.] The March 10, 1945 bombing of Tokyo lead to an estimated 87,000 deaths. [p. 132.] This may have exceeded the number of deaths at either Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Schaffer's description of the Tokyo attack is chilling: "Choking inhabitants crawled across fallen telephone poles and trolley wires. As superheated air burned their lungs and ignited their clothing, some burst into flames, fires sweeping up from the bottom of trousers . . . . Some women who carried infants . . realized only when they stopped to rest that their babies were on fire." [p. 134.]
For those who glamorize war and glamorize those who fought in World War II as the "greatest generation," this book provides a useful corrective.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for any one interested in bombing policy.
Comment: An excellent in depth analysis of American Strategic bombing policy in World Waar II, including formation in the pre war years, foreign influence, political considerations, and cultural factors. It is equally useful for the political, cultural, or military historian, as well as for political scientists. One of my very favorites!
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Title: No Clear and Present Danger: A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II by Bruce M. Russett ISBN: 0813331951 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Rise of American Air Power: The Creation of Armageddon by Michael S. Sherry ISBN: 0300044143 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: To Destroy a City: Strategic Bombing and Its Human Consequences in World War II by Hermann Knell, Herman Knell ISBN: 0306811693 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War by John W. Dower ISBN: 0394751728 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by Eugene B. Sledge, Paul Fussell ISBN: 0195067142 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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