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The Bomber Mafia : (Record no. 61659)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780316296618
Qualifying information (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0316296619
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035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)on1232272458
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Little Brown & Co, 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109, (617)2270730
Note SAN 200-2205
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency YDX
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
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Modifying agency TP7
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043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code a-ja---
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number D790
Item number .G534 2021
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 940.54/4973
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gladwell, Malcolm,
Dates associated with a name 1963-
Relator term author.
9 (RLIN) 136797
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Bomber Mafia :
Remainder of title a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Little, Brown and Company,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 21 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: "This isn't working. You're out." -- Part one: The dream. "Mr. Norden was content to pass his time in the shop." ; "We make progress unhindered by custom." ; "He was lacking in the bond of human sympathy." ; "The truest of the true believers." ; "General Hansell was aghast" -- Part two: The temptation. "It would be suicide, boys, suicide." ; "If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours." ; "It's all ashes--all that and that and that." ; "Improvised destruction." -- Conclusion: "All of a sudden the Air House would be gone. Poof."
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points -- industrial or transportation hubs -- cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal? In his podcast, Revisionist History, Gladwell re-examines moments from the past and asks whether we got it right the first time. In The Bomber Mafia, he steps back from the bombing of Tokyo, the deadliest night of the war, and asks, "Was it worth it?" The attack was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared more by averting a planned US invasion. Things might have gone differently had LeMay's predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. As a key member of the Bomber Mafia, Haywood's theories of precision bombing had been foiled by bad weather, enemy jet fighters, and human error. When he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II. The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war." --
648 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM
Chronological term 1900-1999
9 (RLIN) 133318
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
General subdivision Aerial operations.
9 (RLIN) 136798
Topical term or geographic name as entry element World War, 1939-1945
Geographic subdivision Japan
General subdivision Aerial operations.
9 (RLIN) 136799
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Bombing, Aerial
Geographic subdivision Japan
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision 20th century.
9 (RLIN) 136800
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Aeronautics, Military
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 136801
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Precision bombing
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 136802
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term History.
Source of term fast
9 (RLIN) 136803
Genre/form data or focus term History.
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9 (RLIN) 136804
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
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Withdrawn status Lost status Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
    Nonfiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 06/18/2021 Brodart. 940.54 GLA 34480000582506 NF