Wings of Judgment

American Bombing in World War II

By: Ronald Schaffer

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Paperback | 29 September 1988

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World War II--"the good war"--is here viewed from a new angle of vision, one that sheds fresh light on how major decisions were reached.
More than just a book on the strategy and outcome of American bombing in World War II, Wings of Judgment tells about choices in war, decisions that determined whether hundreds of thousands of people lived or died and whether famous cities and great monuments of civilization survived or were destroyed. It is about the bombing of Dresden and Berlin and of dozens of cities and towns all over Germany and about the preservation of Rome and Florence. It is about the incineration of Tokyo, the bombing of Hiroshima, and the sparing of one of Japan's most beautiful and holy places, the city of Kyoto. Describing U.S. air raids that terrified inhabitants of enemy nations and citizens of enemy-occupied countries, it raises serious questions about the military and moral effects of American bombing. It also tells of American efforts to avoid killing civilians needlessly.
Taking us behind the scenes at military headquarters, Schaffer shows that even the toughest warriors occasionally found themselves offering moral arguments for their actions, arguing that they were made right by enemy atrocities, by the justness of the Allied cause, and by the numbers of lives of American servicemen that Allied bombing might save.

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'The newness here is in Schaffer's evidence of the moral qualms that American airmen and government leaders felt at the time.' Philadelphia Inquirer 'Schaffer's book is sure to become essential reading for anyone who is seriously interested in strategic bombing and morality in warfare.' Choice 'Wings of Judgement is a most important book ... Professor Schaffer has rewritten the record in devastating fashion.' Max Hastings, author of Military Anecdotes 'excellent comprehensive analysis ... Sure to become essential reading for anyone who is seriously interested in strategic bombing and morality in warfare. Very highly recommended for all college and public libraries.' Choice 'The history recounted here has chilling implications for our own time. An important book.' Library Journal 'His book makes compelling reading and gives little scope for peaceful sleeping.' Armed Forces Journal

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Military History Second World War Regional & National History History of the Americas Politics & Government

Introduction	p. xi
Leaders of the American Air War	p. 3
American air War Doctrine and the Bombing of Civilians	p. 20
American Air Operations in Europe: Occupied Countries and Axis Satellites	p. 35
The Bombing of Germany: Early Operations	p. 60
The Bombing of Germany: Transition to Douhetian Warfare	p. 80
The Bombing of Japan: Preparing for the Fire Raids	p. 107
The Bombing of Japan: From Tokyo to Nagasaki	p. 128
The Bombing of Japan: American Perceptions of the Moral Issue	p. 149
Reactions to the Moral Issue: Accounting for the Variations	p. 177
Epilogue	p. 190
Notes	p. 219
Essay on Sources	p. 252
Index	p. 263
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