{"product_id":"the-bomber-mafia-u-malcolm-gladwell","title":"The Bomber Mafia (U) - Malcolm Gladwell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e make war far less lethal?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGladwell asks, “Was it worth it?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThings 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bomber Mafia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e320 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published April 27, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349480669278,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/57007687.jpg?v=1789670492","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-bomber-mafia-u-malcolm-gladwell","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}