Cover; Bombing the People; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Douhet's strategic thought; 1 The early Douhet; 2 History or technology?; 3 From pacifism to indiscriminate bombing; 4 The command of the air; Part II Douhetism under discussion; 5 Air power and the strategic context; 6 Alternatives to Douhetism; 7 Amedeo Mecozzi, the 'antiDouhet'; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Charts how Giulio Douhet's pioneering strategy of targeting civilian populations with air power developed from 1884 to World War II
