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Daniel T Schwabe - Burning Japan: Air Force Bombing Strategy Change in the Pacific - 9781612346397 - V9781612346397
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Burning Japan: Air Force Bombing Strategy Change in the Pacific

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Between the grinding battles of the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa and the finality of the atomic bomb strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the U.S. Air Force conducted a bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands that escalated to new levels of destruction.

 

Burning Japan is an investigation of how and why the air force shifted its tactics against Japan from a precision bombing strategy to area attacks. The guiding doctrine of the 1930s and 1940s called for focused attacks on specific targets deep behind enemy lines. Eager to prove itself, the nascent Army Air Force at first lauded the ... Read more

 

Daniel T. Schwabe closely examines the planning and implementation of these incendiary missions to determine how an organization dedicated to precision decided on such a dramatic change in tactics. Ultimately, Schwabe maintains, this strategic reimagining helped create a comprehensive offensive strategy that did immense amounts of destruction which crippled Japan and brought an end to World War II.

 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612346397
SKU
V9781612346397
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Daniel T Schwabe
DANIEL T. SCHWABE received his master’s degree in history from California State University. He is a systems engineer in the aerospace industry.  

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