The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
Insights from The Bomber Mafia
“The dream of the Bomber Mafia was that you could have it both ways.”
Haywood Hansell really believed technology could make war moral. He thought precision bombing would save millions of lives by hitting targets perfectly.
“LeMay was the ultimate pragmatist.”
Curtis LeMay was the opposite of a dreamer. He just wanted to win as fast as possible. He didn't care about the beauty of the math.
“It was the greatest secret of the war.”
The Norden bombsight was a mechanical masterpiece that failed in the real world. It worked in the desert but couldn't see through European clouds.
Napalm was invented in a quiet Harvard lab. It turned the dream of precision into a nightmare of fire. It changed the air war completely.
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- Hachette
- ISBN
- 9780316296939
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