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Author Crane, Conrad C., author.

Title American airpower strategy in World War II : bombs, cities, civilians, and oil / Conrad C. Crane.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.544973 C85a 2016    ---  Available
Edition [Revised edition]
Description xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Modern war studies
Modern war studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.
Contents Developing doctrine -- From doctrine to practice: executing the air offensive against Germany -- Attitudes of leaders and the public -- Attitudes and perceptions of American airmen -- The lure of technological innovation: bombing aids -- The lure of technological innovation: better bombs -- The lure of the deathblow in Europe -- Delivering the deathblow to Germany -- Torching Japan -- Strategic airpower in limited wars -- Legacies -- Appendix.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Bombing, Aerial -- United States.
Air power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Air power. (OCoLC)fst00802495
Bombing, Aerial. (OCoLC)fst00835808
Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
Military operations, Aerial -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710199
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Bombs, cities, civilians, and oil
ISBN 9780700622092 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700622098 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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