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Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II

Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II

Schaffer, Ronald

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 019505640X
ISBN13: 9780195056402
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 29 1988
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.38
Language: English
World War II--the good war--is here viewed from a new angle of vision, one that sheds fresh light on how major decisions were reached.
More than just a book on the strategy and outcome of American bombing in World War II, Wings of Judgment tells about choices in war, decisions that determined whether hundreds of thousands of people lived or died and whether famous cities and great monuments of civilization survived or were destroyed. It is about the bombing of Dresden and Berlin and of dozens of cities and towns all over Germany and about the preservation of Rome and Florence. It is about the incineration of Tokyo, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the sparing of one of Japan's most beautiful and holy places, the city of Kyoto. Describing U.S. air raids that terrified inhabitants of enemy nations and citizens of enemy-occupied countries, it raises serious questions about the military and moral effects of American bombing. It also tells of American efforts to avoid killing civilians needlessly.

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