| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) |
| Contents |
The bombing -- The bombing campaign : the RAF / Stephen A. Garrett -- The bombing campaign : the USAAF / Douglas P. Lackey -- Under the bombs / Earl R. Beck -- Firestorm / Martin Middlebrook -- The moral issues. -- Can the bombing be morally justified? / Igor Primoratz -- Four types of mass murderer : Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, Truman / Douglas P. Lackey -- Was it genocidal? / Eric Markusen and David Kopf -- The debates. -- The British debate / Mark Connelly -- The German debate / Lothar Kettenacker |
| Summary |
In this first interdisciplinary study of this contentious subject, leading experts in politics, history, and philosophy examine the complex aspects of the terror bombing of German cities during World War II. The contributors address the decision to embark on the bombing campaign, the moral issues raised by the bombing, and the main stages of the campaign and its effects on German civilians as well as on Germany's war effort. The book places the bombing campaign within the context of the history of air warfare, presenting the bombing as the first stage of the particular type of state terrorism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Terrorism -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Military operations, Aerial
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Bombing, Aerial
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Ethics
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Military campaigns
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Terrorism
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054594
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Primoratz, Igor
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| ISBN |
9781845458447 |
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1845458443 |
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