The bombers and the bombed
Subtitle: Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945
By: Richard Overy
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9780670025152
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Aerial Bombing; Allied Aerial operations; Moral and ethical aspects; Public opinion; World War, 1939-1945; Civil defense; History
Other titles: Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945
Description: A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-541) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Bombing Bulgaria; title: The sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command 1939-42; title: The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany 1943-44; title: The "Battle of Germany", 1944-45; title: The logic of total war: German society under the bombs; title: Italy: The war of bombs and words; title: Bombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new order; title: Epilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the post-war world.