A review by kelleyjandrew
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

2.0

I agree with much of what other have said. It makes for a compelling audio book, it has the same tone as an extended episode of Revisionist History, it has good audio clips that can be compelling. I think the content is interesting as well, but I think Gladwell thesis isn’t all that compelling, it feels forced when you read it. It feel as if Gladwell read a little about the characters involved, nominated one a protagonist and the other a foil and wrote from there. As you read it feels hard to buy into this narrative, it doesn’t feel believable and I was not fully bought in as it was not sold well by the writer. It turns out there is reason for that, upon further research you find that these characterizations are forced at best. It’s fine, it’s interesting, but it has major flaws.