Cargando…
Rhetoric and reality in air warfare : the evolution of British and American ideas about strategic bombing, 1914-1945 /
A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. It argues that ideas about bombing civilian targets rested on--and gained validity from--widespread but substantially erroneous as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton, NJ ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
|
| Colección: | Princeton studies in international history and politics.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A major revision of our understanding of long-range bombing, this book examines how Anglo-American ideas about "strategic" bombing were formed and implemented. It 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. These assumptions were derived from the social and political context of the day and were maintained largely through cognitive error and bias. Tami Davis Biddle explains how air theorists, and tho. |
|---|---|
| Notas: | Originally published: 2002. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (416 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400824977 1400824974 |