The bomber mafia

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Dive into this “truly compelling” (Good Morning America) New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war—from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History.

In The Bomber Mafia , Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American 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, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?

In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?”

Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.

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The new york times bestseller a parable written for the age of technological disruption brilliantly told sunday timesthe international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the twentieth century the bomber mafia is a case study in how dreams go aw Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

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An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of wara new york times book review editors choice in the bomber mafia malcolm gladwell weaves together the stories of a dutch genius and his homemade computer a band of brothers in central alabama a british psychopath and Uiterlijk 6 december in huis .. MEER INFO

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Dive into this truly compelling good morning america new york times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war from the creator and host of the podcast revisionist history in the bomber mafia malcolm gladwell weaves together the stories of a Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 juni 2022

Aantal pagina's: 256

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Malcolm Gladwell

Hoofduitgeverij: Back Bay Books

Product breedte: 138 mm

Product hoogte: 20 mm

Product lengte: 206 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 140 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm

Verpakking lengte: 207 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 482 g

EAN: 9780316296816

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