Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare : The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945 /

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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...

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Main Author: Biddle, Tami Davis, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2002.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bombardementen.
Militaire strategie.
Luchtoorlog.
Strategic bombers.
Bombing, Aerial.
HISTORY > Military > Aviation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Bombardiers strategiques > États-Unis.
Bombardiers strategiques > Grande-Bretagne.
Bombardement aerien > États-Unis.
Strategic bombers > United States.
Strategic bombers > Great Britain.
Bombing, Aerial > United States.
Bombing, Aerial > Great Britain.
United States.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 those in
Physical Description:1 online resource (416 pages).
ISBN:9781400824977

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