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The Bomber Maffia
A Story Set in War
- Penguin - Allen Lane
- by Malcolm Gladwell
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Publisher | Penguin - Allen Lane |
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ISBN | 9780241535004 |
Author(s) | Malcolm Gladwell |
Publication date | April 2021 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 240 x 156 mm |
Pages | 288 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
A riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war, from the international bestselling author of Talking to Strangers and host of the award-winning podcast Revisionist 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 had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points - industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell delves deep into questions of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war.