The Hardest Victory: RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING **

Richards, Denis

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Langue : anglais

Edité par W. W. Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1995

0393037630 / 9780393037630

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First Edition stated, First Printing with Full Number Line of this hardcover book. Black on red boards with gold foil lettering on spine. Boards are rigid and warp-free with a 1mm x 3mm surface indentation on rear board. Spine is flat and square. Corners are crisp. Stamped date and blind stamp on fep, otherwise no previous owner marks (no names, no underlining, no bookplates, etc). No remainder marks. Interior pages are clean, crisp and bright. DUST JACKET complete, NOT clipped. Jacket shows rub to upper corners with a tiny nick on front corner and a few nicks on spine area of jacket. Very faint shelf wear. Nickel sized missing piece at rear jacket. Overall bright, clean, glossy. Photos coming! In the meantime, contact us now to request pictures of the ACTUAL book you will receive. All of our books are in-stock and ready to be shipped immediately. Synopsis The work of the RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War has come under fire from a whole generation of historians since the 1960s. They claim that the RAF offensive against Germany was immoral, because so many civilians were killed. And wasteful, because so many of the attacks were not aimed at specific military targets. In this new book Denis Richards describes the Command's difficulties and failures, but redresses the balance by making clear the magnitude of the Bomber Command's achievement. The narrative moves forward on a broad front. The operations and their results are seen against the wider background of the policies and personalities involved, the overall organization, the intelligence sources, and the technical developments. The story proceeds from the leaflet raids in the early months of the war and the attacks on the German fleet in 1939, through the disasters of the occupation of Norway and the fall of France, to the Command's role in the triumph of the Battle of Britain. Then comes the gradual adoption of "area bombing" leading to the "Thousand" raids of 1942 and the great "Battles" of 1943 - the crushing blows against German oil and transportation and the German fleet. Stressing the great contribution made by Dominion and Allied air crews and the essential interdependence of the British and American air operations, and drawing on his correspondence with some 200 surviving aircrew and groundcrew, Richards offers fresh insights into the human element in the long and bloody business of bombing Britain's enemies. His account of the Bomber Command's achievement provides a revised interpretation of the battle fought virtually every night for almost five and a half years. The total casualty-roll, including the wounded, amounted to more than one in the two men who flew with the Bomber Command: truly it was "The Hardest Victory.".…

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Titre
The Hardest Victory: RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War ** 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING **
Auteur
Richards, Denis
Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Co Inc, New York
Année de publication
1995
État de l'article
Bon
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Bon
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0393037630
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780393037630
Édition
Edition originale
Impression
1er tirage
Poids de l'article
827 grammes
Dimensions
17,15 centimètres de largeur par 24,13 centimètres de hauteur par 4,45 centimètres de profondeur

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