A riveting tale of persistence,innovation,and the incalculable wages of war,from Malcolm Gladwell,the international bestselling author of Talking to Strangers and host of the award-winning podcast Revisionist History
Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This "Bomber Mafia" asked: What if precision bombing could,just by taking out critical choke points - industrial or transportation hubs - cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal In The Bomber Mafia,Gladwell delves deep into questions of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141998374Number of pages: 256Weight: 200 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 18 mm
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'A parable written for the age of technological disruption... brilliantly told'- James McConnachie,Sunday Times
'Remarkable... a work of art... one puts this book down shaking one's head at the folly and human cost of it all'- Paul Kennedy,Wall Street Journal
'Gripping... in Gladwell's deft hands,the Air Force generals of World War II come back to life as the stirring 20th-century equivalent of Adm. Horatio Nelson and his band of audacious captains from the age of fighting sail... Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller'- Thomas E. Ricks,New York Times
'Impassioned... engagingly written'- Saul David,Telegraph
'Riveting... The Bomber Mafia looks at one of the greatest moral challenges of the Second World War'- Michael Lewis,author of The Fifth Risk
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and author,best known for his books on social science,such as The Tipping Point,Blink and Outliers. His latest book is Talking to Strangers.
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