Strategic bombing by the United States in World War II
Subtitle: the myths and the facts
By: Stewart Halsey Ross.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: United States Strategic Bombing Survey.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.; Bombing, Aerial.; Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History.
Other titles: Strategic bombing by the U.S. in World War II
Description: Ncludes a chapter on the five cities (Hamburg, Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki) that experienced the most destruction and the postwar U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey of the damage done. Also probes the government's myth-building statements about the United States as a uniquely humanitarian nation, and analyzes the interservice rivalry of "battleship admirals" against "bomber general". [back cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-139) and index.