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Author Schwabe, Daniel T., 1980-

Title Burning Japan : Air Force bombing strategy change in the Pacific / Daniel T. Schwabe
Published [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents The origins of destruction -- The makings of a mission -- Planning Japan's demise -- Hansell's 21st Bomber Command -- Losses per unit of target destruction -- Down the path of destruction -- Death throes -- Interpreting the campaign
Summary 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 indispensability of strategic bombardment in areas otherwise unreachable by the army or navy. But when strategic bombing failed to yield the desired results in Europe and in initial efforts against Japan, the United States switched tactics, a shift that culminated i
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed January 14, 2015)
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan.
Incendiary bombs -- History -- 20th century
Bombing, Aerial -- Japan.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Bombing, Aerial
Incendiary bombs
Military campaigns
Military operations, Aerial -- American
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612346403
1612346405