The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
work by Gladwell
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Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia explores the U.S. Army Air Forces' strategic bombing campaign during World War II, focusing on the controversial firebombing of Tokyo on March 9-10, 1945. The book delves into the technology and events surrounding this devastating attack, which was part of a larger strategy of mass bombing of military targets and population centers. This campaign involved large formations of bombers intended to overwhelm enemy defenses.12
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