The Bomber Mafia : (Record no. 16135)
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| fixed length control field | 02417cam a22002417i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780316296618 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0316296619 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 940.544973 |
| Author Mark | GLA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gladwell, Malcolm, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Bomber Mafia : |
| Remainder of title | A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Malcolm Gladwell. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | UK, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 240 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American 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 his podcast, Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he steps back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asks, "Was it worth it?" The attack was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared more by averting a planned US invasion. Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood's theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. When he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war." -- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| General subdivision | Aerial operations. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| General subdivision | Aerial operations. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Bombing, Aerial |
| Geographic subdivision | Japan |
| General subdivision | History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Aeronautics, Military |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Precision bombing |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Bombing, Aerial. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Military operations, Aerial |
| General subdivision | American. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Koha item type | Public note |
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| NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | 30/05/2024 | 940.544973 GLA | 53026 | Books | Donated by E-in-C's Br Original Book | ||
| NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | NUST/MCE Iqbal Library | 25/07/2024 | 940.544973 GLA | D85 | Books |