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A review by samuel_peterson
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell
3.0
audiobook. little over 7 hrs?
What's so interesting about this book in particular is that it started as an audiobook and then went to print. I also listened to all of this content already as part of a three-episode segment on Revisionist History. But that was a while ago so it was fun to revisit these characters.
As a history book, it has a lot to offer in terms of the context to the unending argument over the dropping of the atomic bomb. By bringing it into the context of the high-altitude, precision bombing vs firebombing, Malcom tells the story of two different ideologies of war, where they came from and how they have evolved over time.
The facts of war are murky; actions and consequences are never straight-forward and attaching moral constraints to some of the brutal ways we kill each other is a bit problematic.
Very interesting. Great as an audiobook because there are brilliant interviews with eyewitnesses, army historians, and oral histories with survivors which make characters and events come alive in a way print would not allow.
If interested, listen to it.
What's so interesting about this book in particular is that it started as an audiobook and then went to print. I also listened to all of this content already as part of a three-episode segment on Revisionist History. But that was a while ago so it was fun to revisit these characters.
As a history book, it has a lot to offer in terms of the context to the unending argument over the dropping of the atomic bomb. By bringing it into the context of the high-altitude, precision bombing vs firebombing, Malcom tells the story of two different ideologies of war, where they came from and how they have evolved over time.
The facts of war are murky; actions and consequences are never straight-forward and attaching moral constraints to some of the brutal ways we kill each other is a bit problematic.
Very interesting. Great as an audiobook because there are brilliant interviews with eyewitnesses, army historians, and oral histories with survivors which make characters and events come alive in a way print would not allow.
If interested, listen to it.