The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Gladwell, Malcolm
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316296619
- ISBN 13
- 9780316296618
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316296619 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, one dog-eared page.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; " 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 The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, Was it worth it? Things might have gone differently had LeMays 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. " .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21708
- Title
- The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
- Author
- Gladwell, Malcolm
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316296619
- ISBN 13
- 9780316296618
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2021
- Keywords
- 0316296619, WWII, tokyo raid, bombers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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