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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Publication date
April 5, 2016
Pages
272
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780700622092
ISBN-10
0700622098
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Original list price
$34.95
Other format details
university press
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Macarthur at War | From Defeat to Victory | From Victory to Stalemate | Battle for Belorussia | A Savage War | Storm over Leyte | The Fleet at Flood Tide | War over the Steppes | How the War Was Won
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Resistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War. In his 1993 Bombs, Cities, and Civilians, which the American Historical Review judged âmust reading for anyone interested in the subject of air warfare,â Conrad C. Crane focused on the moral dimension of American air strategy in World War IIâspecifically, the Allied effort to break the enemyâs will through targeting civilians. With decades of research and reflection, and a wealth of new material at his command, Crane returns to the subject of Americaâs WWII airpower strategy to offer an analysis fully engaged with the âmeansâ side of Clausewitzâs equation: the design and impact of strategic bombing of the enemyâs infrastructure and thus its capacity to fight.
A marked advance in our understanding of the use of airpower in war in general and the Second World War in particular, Craneâs work shows how, despite an undeniable lack of concern about civilian casualties in Germany and Japan late in the war, American strategic bombing in WWII consistently focused on destroying the enemyâs war-making capacity instead of its collapsing will. Further, Crane persuasively argues that in the limited wars since then, separating such targets has become increasingly more difficult, and all air campaigns against states have subsequently escalated to accept greater risks for civilians. American Airpower Strategy in World War II also provides an expanded close look at the use of airpower in the last three months of the strategic air war against Germany, when so many bombing missions relied upon radar aids, as well as the first direct comparison of 8th and 15th Air Force bombing campaigns in Europe.
The result is the most coherent and concise analysis of the application and legacy of Allied strategic airpower in WWIIâand a work that will inform all future practical and theoretical consideration of the use, and the role, of airpower in war.
A marked advance in our understanding of the use of airpower in war in general and the Second World War in particular, Craneâs work shows how, despite an undeniable lack of concern about civilian casualties in Germany and Japan late in the war, American strategic bombing in WWII consistently focused on destroying the enemyâs war-making capacity instead of its collapsing will. Further, Crane persuasively argues that in the limited wars since then, separating such targets has become increasingly more difficult, and all air campaigns against states have subsequently escalated to accept greater risks for civilians. American Airpower Strategy in World War II also provides an expanded close look at the use of airpower in the last three months of the strategic air war against Germany, when so many bombing missions relied upon radar aids, as well as the first direct comparison of 8th and 15th Air Force bombing campaigns in Europe.
The result is the most coherent and concise analysis of the application and legacy of Allied strategic airpower in WWIIâand a work that will inform all future practical and theoretical consideration of the use, and the role, of airpower in war.
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About: Resistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War.
About: Resistance is a product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War.
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