04443cam a2200757 4500 604188416 TxAuBib 20220907120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781735803227 1735803227 3aa0e131-8749-4256-b1ad-d90dc604a4a5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6256542 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- The Bomber Mafia [Libby] : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. Pushkin Industries, 2021. World War II. Biography. malcolm gladwell. Social Studies. Air warfare. WWII. Aviation. Second World War. biographies. World War 2. government. political science. world war ii history. gladwell. bombing of Tokyo. curtis lemay. precision bombing. firebombing. v-day. the bomber mafia. <br>bio-chemical warfare. <br>biography. <br>deadliest night. <br>History. B-29 bomber. bomber<br>mafia. Haywood Hansell. Malcolm Gladwell Audiobook. malcolm gladwell new book. malcolm gladwell talking to strangers. March 10 1945. Military<br>History. proficimus more irretenti. Revisionist<br>History. The Bomber<br>Mafia. tokyo bombing. what is<br>strategic bombing. ww2 air force generals. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 160MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 160MB. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>In The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War, Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage and his trademark insight to weave 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. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.</p> <p>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 had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points — industrial or transportation hubs – cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?</p> <p>In Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he employs all the production techniques that make Revisionist History so engaging, stepping back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asking, "Was it worth it?" The attack 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 more by averting a planned US invasion.</p> <p>Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood's theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. 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.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-06 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3aa0e131-8749-4256-b1ad-d90dc604a4a5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3aa0e131-8749-4256-b1ad-d90dc604a4a5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXPLE