{"product_id":"the-bomber-mafia-a-dream-a-temptation-and-the-longest-night-of-the-second-world-war-paperback","title":"The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDive into this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war--from the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Truly compelling.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the \"Bomber Mafia,\" asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion. In \u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e, Gladwell asks, \"Was it worth it?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II.\u003ci\u003e The Bomber Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694451929305,"sku":"9780316296816","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780316296816.jpg?v=1778551112","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/the-bomber-mafia-a-dream-a-temptation-and-the-longest-night-of-the-second-world-war-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}