The Bomber Mafia : the longest night of the second World War
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Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
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9781669609186, 1669609189
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult AudiobooksPLAYAWAY 940.544 GLAOn Shelf
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022].
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
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1 audio media player (5.25 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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English
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9781669609186, 1669609189

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"In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves 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 to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. 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, the 'Bomber Mafia,' asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war 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 even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, 'Was it worth it?' Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but 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."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, M. (2022). The Bomber Mafia: the longest night of the second World War (Unabridged.). Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. 2022. The Bomber Mafia: The Longest Night of the Second World War. Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. The Bomber Mafia: The Longest Night of the Second World War Findaway World, LLC, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm. The Bomber Mafia: The Longest Night of the Second World War Unabridged., Findaway World, LLC, 2022.

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