| Description |
1 online resource (390 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in War, Society, & the Military
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Studies in War, Society, & the Military.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Source Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Genesis in the Great War; 2. Progressive Prophecy; 3. From Prophecy to Plan; 4. Breaching Fortress Europe, 1942-43; 5. Bludgeoning with Bombs; 6. Fire from the Sky; 7. Progressive Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The Progressive Era, marked by a desire for economic, political, and social reform, ended for most Americans with the ugly reality and devastation of World War I. Yet for Army Air Service officers, the carnage and waste witnessed on the western front only served to spark a new progressive movement--to reform war by relying on destructive technology as the instrument of change. In Beneficial Bombing Mark Clodfelter describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I's trench warfare, turned to the progressive ideas of efficiency and economy in an effort to reform war itself, with the heavy b. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Bombing, Aerial -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Bombing, Aerial. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Air power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Air power. |
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Precision bombing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Precision bombing. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations.
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clodfelter, Mark. Beneficial Bombing : The Progressive Foundations of American Air Power, 1917-1945. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011 9780803233980 |
| ISBN |
9780803234499 (electronic book) |
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080323449X (electronic book) |
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1283051095 |
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9781283051095 |
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9780803271807 (paperback) |
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0803271808 (paperback) |
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9780803233980 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803233981 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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