Reaching for the Stars

A History of Bomber Command

AvMark Connelly

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

The role of Bomber Command in World War II is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign, serving as both a military history and an investigation into how modern perceptions of Bomber Command have come about. It shows why Bomber Command - in one of the largest and bloodiest campaigns of the war with 55,000 aircrew lost - has received so much attention yet remains a "lost sheep" among British wartime glories, and is still dogged by controversy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 27 mm
Vikt:482 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781860645914

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Mark Connelly has been British Academy Lecturer in History at Lancaster University and is now Reuters Lecturer in Media and Propaganda History at the University of Kent.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgements viiPreface to the New Paperback IntroductionviiiChapter One:Hoping the Bomber will always get through5Chapter Two:The Lion Tries His Wings, September 1939-February 17Chapter Three:Committing Britain to a Bomber War, February 1941 - Spring 194238Chapter Four:Unleashing the Whirlwind, February 1942-August 194363Chapter Five: Berlin, 'the Big City'105Chapter Six:Achieving Victory, Spring 1944-May 1945122Chapter Seven:Remembering and Misremembering, 1945-1999138Conclusion159Appendix A:Bomber Command and the War Artists Scheme165Appendix B: Journey Together (1945) and The Way to the Stars (1945)167ChronologyBomber Command 169Notes176Bibliographical Notes186Index196