About this title: The bomber campaign against Germany is one of the most contentious of World War II. Was anything achieved by the deaths of thousands of German civilians-many of them women and children? Or were all means justified against Nazi Germany? Acclaimed military historian Robin Neillands examines every detail of the allied campaign led by British Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris: the strengths and fundamental flaws, the technical difficulties and developments and, above all, the day-to-day, night-by-night endurance of the crews flying to the limit in discomfort and danger, facing flak and ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781585674572ISBN:1585674575
Description: Good. Ex-Library Trade Paperback--Good--Ex-Library--Clean and tight with only lightest wear. 448 pages with index and section of photography. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Date Published: 2001-07-23
ISBN-13:9781585671625ISBN:1585671622
Description: Fair. A former library book in protective mylar cover with the usual library markings. No writing or highlighting noted inside. Binding is broken in the middle and should be repaired. May be missing one or two pages of photos, all text is present! read more
Description: Fair. 0760765308 New, but hurt. No dust jacket. Back cover bend & crease with 1.5'inch surface tear. Inside text is clean & in excellent condition. No remainder marks. Shipped w/delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*p. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Overlook Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781585674572ISBN:1585674575
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. near Fine trade paperback. First edition, first printing, full number line. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 448 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Near Fine trade paperback. First edition, first printing, full number line. 448 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. read more
Description: Fair. 0760765308 New, but slightly hurt. Bang on base & top of spine scraped pages, cracked the hinges and left light creases thru out Inside text is clean & pages secure. No remainder marks. Shipped w/delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*d. read more
Description: Fair. 0760765308 New, but hurt *** Most pages have multiple creases on outside edge. Inside text is clean & in good condition. No remainder marks. Shipped w/delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*d. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Barnes and Noble
Date Published: 2001-01-01
ISBN-13:9783861245476ISBN:3861245477
Description: As New in As New jacket. Light cover wear. Tight binding. Unless noted, there are no marked, loose, or torn pages, and, it is not a remainder or an ex-library book. read more
"This book is a description of the bombing offensive against Germany in WW2. The most fascinating aspect of this book is that it chronicles the problems encountered with long range bombing given the technology and resources that existed at the time. Everything had to be invented from scratch. Navigation, target acquisition, electronic measures and countermeasures, fighters and flack. The book also spends some time on the mostly after the war debate about whether the bombing achieved its goals and whether it was morally right. I think if you're reading a book like this you're not going to be hung up on whether it was morally right or not, it was certainly unavoidable and it certainly ended any possible German conspiracy theories after the war that they didnt really lose and that they were stabbed in the back, like in WW1 when the German nation suffered virtually no physical damage. Again, who cares? Long time ago. How the RAF and the AAF learned step by step how to conduct a systematic and effective strategic bombing campaign is the meat of this book and it is very well done. Its a history book about a war soon to be completely faded from living memory."
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