wings of judgement: american bombing in world war II
A History, Military, War book. Nothing new about death, nothing new about deaths caused militarily. We...
World War II--"the good war"--is here viewed from a new angle of vision, one that sheds fresh light on how major decisions were reached. More than just a book on the strategy and outcome of American bombing in World War II, Wings of Judgment tells about choices in war, decisions that determined whether hundreds of thousands of people lived or died and whether famous cities and great monuments of civilization survived or were destroyed. It is about the bombing of Dresden and Berlin and of dozens of cities and towns all over Germany and about the preservation of Rome and Florence. It is about the incineration of Tokyo, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the sparing of one of Japan's most beautiful and holy places, the city of Kyoto. Describing U.S. air raids that terrified inhabitants of enemy nations and citizens of enemy-occupied countries, it raises serious questions about the military and moral effects of American bombing. It also tells of American efforts to avoid killing civilians needlessly. Taking us behind the scenes at military headquarters, Schaffer shows that even the toughest warriors...
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Killing Japanese didnt bother me at that time. It was getting the war over with that bothered me. So I wasnt worried particularly about how many people we killed in getting the job done . All war is immoral, and if you let it bother you, youre not a good soldier. Ronald Schaffer, Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II // Nothing new about death, nothing new about deaths caused militarily. We scorched and boiled and baked to death more people in Tokyo on that night of March 9-10 than went up in vapor at Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Ronald Schaffer, Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II //
Title is a bit misleading, since its scope only extends to strategic bombing. That said, a that provoking historical study of these weapons and their use in WWII. Sometimes a bit confused as to who its audience is, but delves into thorny moral problems of military necessity, the sanctity and worth of life, and justifiable mass murder.... The idea of dropping bombs on civilians was not something thought of just before the attacks on Japan. The Air War Plans Division was considering this type of thing in the summer of 1941, before the war even started.The idea was to drop bombs on the German people, causing their morale to start to crack, and then drop even more bombs... Very informative, especially the chapter on how US air war doctrine was developed in the interwar period.
