The a dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the second World War Gladwell, Malcolm 1963- creator author. text bibliography History. nyu 2021 First edition: April 2021. monographic eng

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xiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. 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. 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." adult Malcolm Gladwell. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Japan Aerial operations, American Bombing, Aerial Japan History 20th century Aeronautics, Military History Precision bombing History 940.54/4973 9780316296618 Me 210123 20210707124531.0 1232272458 eng