How Effective is Strategic Bombing?

How Effective is Strategic Bombing?
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 081473135X
ISBN-13 : 9780814731352
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Book Synopsis How Effective is Strategic Bombing? by : Gian P. Gentile

Download or read book How Effective is Strategic Bombing? written by Gian P. Gentile and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of WWII, President Truman established the US Strategic Bombing Survey to determine how effectively strategic air power had been applied during the war. The final study has been used for decades as an objective primary source and a guiding text. Gentile (history, US Military Academy) re-examines this document to reveal how it reflected the American conceptual approach to strategic bombing. He exposes the survey as largely tautological, throwing into question many of the central tenets of American air power philosophy and strategy. He shows how recent problems with bomb damage assessment in the Balkans reinforce his conclusions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

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