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Rise of American Air Power : The Creation of Armageddon by Michael S. Sherry (1989, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300044143
ISBN-139780300044140
eBay Product ID (ePID)88089
Product Key Features
Number of Pages478 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRise of American Air Power : the Creation of Armageddon
Publication Year1989
SubjectMilitary / United States, General, Military / Aviation
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
AuthorMichael S. Sherry
Subject AreaHistory
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight29 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN86-019003
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal358.4/00973
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisThis prizewinning book is the first in-depth history of American strategic bombing. Michael S. Sherry explores the growing appeal of air power in America before World War II, the ideas, techniques, personalities, and organizations that guided air attacks during the war, and the devastating effects of American and British "conventional" bombing. He also traces the origins of the dangerous illusion that the bombing of cities would be so horrific that nations would not dare let it occur--an illusion that has sanctioned the growth of nuclear arsenals. "A brilliant, biting and yet not ungenerous study of a momentous idea, the idea of war from the air."--Philip Morrison, Scientific American "Sherry's book demands to be read."--D. J. R. Bruckner, New York Times Book Review "A big, heroic and chilling story, and Michael Sherry tells it with style, controlled passion, and analytical sophistication. This book is the best kind of strategic history."--Ken Booth, International Affairs "Both informative and provocative."--John Gooch, Times Higher Education Supplement "Sherry describes the course of the war in brilliant detail as a tug of war between what it was felt planes should do and what, at any moment, they could do."--Garry Wills, New York Review of Books "This riveting study has a distinct significance in today's world."-- Library Journal, The Bancroft Prize-winning history of American strategic bombing "Sherry has given us more than just a major contribution to the literature about air power and World War Two. His real subject is nothing less than the destructiveness of our modern age."--John W. Dower, author of War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War This book offers an in-depth history of American strategic bombing. With impressive sweep and vigor, Michael S. Sherry explores the growing appear of air power in America before World War II, the ideas, techniques, personalities, and organizations that guided air attacks during the war, and the devastating effects of American and British "conventional" bombing. He also traces the origins of the dangerous illusion that the bombing of cities would be so horrific that nations would not dare let it occur--an illusion that has sanctioned the growth of nuclear arsenals. His book is a major contribution to American military, intellectual, and political history.
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