The science of bombing
Subtitle: operational research in RAF Bomber Command
By: Randall T. Wakelam
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780802099365; 9780802096296
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Commanders, Headquarters, and Decision Making; title: 1. Strategic Bombing: When Theory and Practice Do Not Match; title: 2. Operational Research: Finding a Solution through Science; title: 3. Boffins at Bomber Command: September 1941; title: 4. Sorting Out Process and Producing Results: September 1941-February 1942; title: 5. Arthur Harris and a New Beginning: February-December 1942; title: 6. Concentration and Other Curatives: February-December 1942; title: 7. Putting Concepts to the Test: January-February 1943; title: 8. New Concepts, Old Targets - The Ruhr: March-June 1943; title: 9. Hamburg and New Science: July-October 1943; title: 10. Science versus Attrition - Berlin: November 1943-March 1944; title: 11. Debates Both Political and Technical: April 1944-May 1945; title: 12. Round-the-Clock Bombing: April 1944-May 1945; title: 13. Conclusions; title: Appendix 1. Britain and Northwest Europe: Selected Bomber Command Targets; title: Appendix 2. Clossary of Operational Terminology; title: Appendix 3. Air Ministry and Bomber Command Headquarters Organization Charts; title: Appendix 4. Air Ministry and Bomber Command Appoinuuents; title: Appendix 5. Air Staff Directive to Bomber Command, 13 July 1940; title: Appendix 6. Principal Bomber Command Aircraft; title: Appendix 7. Bomber Command ORS Senior Personnel; title: Appendix 8. Bombing Techniques; title: Illustration section follows page 182.