Burning Japan Air Force Bombing Strategy Change in the Pacific / Daniel T. Schwabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwabe, Daniel T., 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bombing, Aerial--Japan.

Bombing, Aerial.

Incendiary bombs--History--20th century.

Incendiary bombs.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Burning Japan is an investigation of how and why the air force shifted its tactics against Japan from a precision bombing strategy to area attacks. The guiding doctrine of the 1930s and 1940s called for focused attacks on specific targets deep behind enemy lines. Eager to prove itself, the nascent Army Air Force at first lauded the indispensability of strategic bombardment in areas otherwise unreachable by the army or navy. But when strategic bombing failed to yield the desired results in Europe and in initial efforts against Japan, the United States switched tactics, a shift that culminated i

Contents:

The origins of destruction

The makings of a mission

Planning Japan's demise

Hansell's 21st Bomber Command

Losses per unit of target destruction

Down the path of destruction

Death throes

Interpreting the campaign.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-640-5

OCLC:

925392511