How Effective is Strategic Bombing? : : Lessons Learned From World War II to Kosovo /

How Effective is Strategic Bombing? : : Lessons Learned From World War II to Kosovo / / Gian P. Gentile.

In the wake of World War II, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and President Harry S. Truman established the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, to determine exactly how effectively strategic air power had been applied in the European theater and in the Pacific. The final study, consisting of over 330 se...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Gentile, Gian P.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Origins of the American Conceptual Approach to Strategic Bombing and the United States Strategic Bombing Survey
  • 2. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey and the Future of the Air Force
  • 3. The Evaluation of Strategic Bombing against Germany
  • 4. The Survey Presents Its Findings from Europe and Develops an Alternate Strategic Bombing Plan for Japan
  • 5. The Evaluation of Strategic Bombing against Japan
  • 6. A-Bombs, Budgets, and the Dilemma of Defense
  • 7. A Comparison of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey with the Gulf War Air Power Survey
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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