An edition of Wings of judgment (1985)

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American Bombing in World War II

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An edition of Wings of judgment (1985)

Wings of Judgment

American Bombing in World War II

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World War II--"the good war"--Is here viewed from a new angle of vision, one that sheds fresh light on how major decisions were reached. More than just a book on the strategy and outcome of American bombing in World War II, Wings of Judgment tells about choices in war, decisions that determined whether hundreds of thousands of people lived or died and whether famous cities and great monuments of civilization survived or were destroyed. It is about the bombing of Dresden and Berlin and of dozens of cities and towns all over Germany and about the preservation of Rome and Florence. It is about the incineration of Tokyo, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the sparing of one of Japan's most beautiful and holy places, the city of Kyoto. Describing U.S. air raids that terrified inhabitants of enemy nations and citizens of enemy-occupied countries, it raises serious questions about the military and moral effects of American bombing. It also tells of American efforts to avoid killing civilians needlessly. Taking us behind the scenes at military headquarters, Schaffer shows that even the toughest warriors occasionally found themselves offering moral arguments for their actions, arguing that they were made right by enemy atrocities, by the justness of the Allied cause, and by the numbers of lives of American servicemen that Allied bombing might save.

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Wings of Judgment
1988, Oxford University Press
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Cover of: Wings of Judgment
Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II
September 29, 1988, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: Wings of judgment
Wings of judgment: American bombing in World War II
1985, Oxford University Press
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D790

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OL7386625M
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019505640X
ISBN 13
9780195056402
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20593024
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600020
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