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Article: Strategic Bombing by the United States in World War II: The Myths and the Facts.(Book Review) (book review)
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- History: Review of New Books
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- March 22, 2003
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Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland and Company, Inc. 244 pp., $39.95, ISBN 0-7864-1412-X Publication Date: October 2002
Stewart Halsey Ross is a mechanical engineer who teaches history and English at a community college in Connecticut. He claims to be tired of the traditional pro-American spin put on the conduct of both world wars by popular sources such as the History Channel. In particular he is anxious to put the record straight with regard to strategic bombing in World War II. His book provides a brief overview of strategic bombing followed by chapters on planes, bombs, bombsights, aircrews, defenses, the most destructive Allied raids, and the postwar surveys ...