The Bomber Mafia : a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War
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- ISBN: 9780316296618
- ISBN: 0316296619
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xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: "This isn't working. You're out." -- Part one: The dream. "Mr. Norden was content to pass his time in the shop." ; "We make progress unhindered by custom." ; "He was lacking in the bond of human sympathy." ; "The truest of the true believers." ; "General Hansell was aghast" -- Part two: The temptation. "It would be suicide, boys, suicide." ; "If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." ; "It's all ashes--all that and that and that." ; "Improvised destruction." -- Conclusion: "All of a sudden the Air House would be gone. Poof." |
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The Bomber Mafia : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
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The Bomber Mafia : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
In 2005, Time named Malcolm Gladwell one of its 100 most influential people. He is the author of three books, each of which reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. They are: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. His fourth book, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures was published in 2009. He is a is a British-born Canadian journalist and author. Gladwell was a reporter for the Washington Post from 1987 to 1996, working first as a science writer and then as New York City bureau chief. Since 1996, he has been a staff writer for The New Yorker. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto's Trinity College in 1984. (Publisher Provided)