| Description |
xxviii, 562 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Bombing Bulgaria -- The sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command, 1939-42 -- The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany, 1943-44 -- The "Battle of Germany", 1944-45 -- The logic of total war: German society under the bombs -- Italy: The war of bombs and words -- Bombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new order -- Epilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the postwar world. |
| Summary |
A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Allied.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe -- Aerial operations, Allied.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Allied -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil defense -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Europe -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion -- Europe.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe.
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| Added Title |
Bombing war
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Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945. |
| Related To |
Reproduction of (manifestation): |
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Overy, R. J. Bombing war London, England : Allen Lane, 2013 9780713995619. |
| ISBN |
0670025151 : $36.00 |
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9780670025152 |
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