BOMBER COMMAND

by Hastings, Max. Dust jacket cover art by Robert Aulicino

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Dial, New York, 1979.. 399 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 080370154X Map endpapers. B&w photographs, maps, drawings/diagrams. "Max Hastings has traced the development of massive area bombing from the fierce controversies between Churchill a. nd his air marshals and scientists to the great raids on the Ruhr, Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden, with a wealth of contemporary documents, letters, and diaries, many of them hitherto unpublished. He has interviewed key surviving witnesses, includin. g Sir Arthur Harris and his staff officers and Group commanders, to assemble a remarkable portrait of the Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command and his direction of the bomber offensive. To tell the story of the airmen who flew these appalling miss. io n s, (he) chose six squadrons at different periods of the war, and sought out more than a hundred survivors to reconstruct their memories. One chapter also describes the experiences of those in the town of Darmstadt who endured the raid of Septe. mbe r 11, 1944, in which more than 8000 died. This is the first book on Bomber Command to bring together in one volume the strategic and moral debate, with the story of the commanders and aircrew in their own words. It explores the myths and contr. over si es that have surrounded the bomber offensive since 1945." Previous owner's bookplate on half-title page, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling/browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket is clipped, has moderate edge wrinkl. ing - he avy at top/bottom of spine, light edge wear elsewhere, light to moderate rubbing, small tears and very small chips at top/bottom of hinges - one or two other small tears, very light edge browning. Very Good/Good.

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