Strategic bombing by the United States in World War II : the myths and the facts / Stewart Halsey Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Stewart Halsey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.

World War, 1939-1945.

Bombing, Aerial.

Aeronautics, Military--United States--History.

Aeronautics, Military.

United States.

History.

United States Strategic Bombing Survey.

Physical Description:

ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2003]

Summary:

This work sets suppositions against facts surrounding the United States' use of strategic bombing in World War II. Chapters cover the events leading up to the war; the start of the war; the seers and the planners; the airplanes, bombs, bombsights, and air-crews; the planes Germany used to defend itself against American planes; the five cities (Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki) that saw the heaviest bombing; and the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey of the damage done.

The book probes the government's myth-building statements that supported America's view of itself as a uniquely humanitarian nation, and analyzes the role played by interservice rivalry -- "battleship admirals" against "bomber generals."

Contents:

1. The beginnings

2. The great war

3. The seers

4. The planners

5. The crucibles

6. The airplanes

7. The bombs

8. The bombsights

9. The aircrews

10. The defenses

11. The five cities

12. The surveys.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.

ISBN:

078641412X

OCLC:

50730732