The Progressive Era, marked by a desire for economic, political, and social reform, ended for most Americans with the ugly reality and devastation of World War I. Yet for Army Air Service officers, the carnage and waste witnessed on the western front only served to spark a new progressive movement―to reform war by relying on destructive technology as the instrument of change. In Beneficial Bombing Mark Clodfelter describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I’s trench warfare, turned to the Progressive Era’s ideas of efficiency and economy in an effort to reform war itself, with the heavy bomber as their solution to limiting the bloodshed. They were convinced that the airplane, used as a bombing platform, offered the means to make wars less lethal than conflicts waged by armies or navies.
Clodfelter examines the progressive idealism that led to the creation of the U.S. Air Force and its doctrine that the finite destruction of precision bombing would end wars more quickly and with less suffering for each belligerent. His work, moreover, shows how these progressive ideas emerged intact after World War II to become the foundation of modern U.S. Air Force doctrine. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, including critical documents unavailable to previous researchers, Clodfelter presents the most complete analysis to date of the doctrinal development underpinning current U.S. Air Force notions about strategic bombing.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"This is military, intellectual history at its best."--Colonel Gian P./I>--Colonel Gian P Gentile "Journal of American History "
"A solid and impressive study that will enlighten those interested in the formation of bombing theory (Douhet through Warden) and especially its practice in World War II."--Kenneth P./I>--Kenneth P. Werrell "Air Power History "
"Beneficial Bombing views a somewhat familiar tale through a fresh interpretive lens, complementing other works examining air power's morality and effectiveness. . . . Based almost entirely on new research in a wide array of primary sources, it illuminates the intellectual and philosophical underpinnings of America's air power."--Richard R./I> --Richard R. Muller "Journal of Military History "
"A thoughtful and well written account of a central thread in the thinking of American airpower advocates and the way its implementation in two world wars took place at the time, was seen afterwards, and has come to be enormously influential in the decision process of our country's leaders into the twenty-first century."--Gerhard L. Weinberg, professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and winner of the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award-- (01/08/2010)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
£ 3.20
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0803233981
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0803233981
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Brand new. Pristine. No markings. With 34 illustrations. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 012761
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0803233981
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0803233981
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190196819
Book Description TAPA DURA. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 100889643
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780803233980
Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I's trench warfare, turned to the progressive ideas of efficiency and economy in an effort to reform war itself, with the heavy bomber as their solution to limiting the bloodshed. They were convinced that the airplane, used as a bombing platform, offered the means to make wars less lethal than conflicts waged by armies or navies. Seller Inventory # B9780803233980
Book Description HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # FW-9780803233980