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Bomber Command
Bomber Command
paperback
Published:
8 July, 2021
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Description
'A brilliant tour-de-force' - Times Literary Supplement
Bomber Command is acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings' compelling account of one of the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.
RAF Bomber Command’s offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF’s attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night.
Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command is, in turn, a fascinating, meticulously-researched, and vivid assessment of the RAF's integral role in the Second World War.
Prizes
Winner of Somerset Maugham Award 1980 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781529047790 |
| ISBN10 | 152904779X |
| Number Of Pages | 560 |
| Item Weight | 384 g |
| Product Dimensions | 131 x 199 x 35 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Pan Macmillan |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Probably the most brilliant use of anecdotal material that has so far come out of the Second World War . . . A brilliant tour-de-force. * Times Literary Supplement *
This is the most critical book yet written about Bomber Command . . . it is also far and away the best * The Economist *
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Author's Bio
Sir Max Hastings, author of numerous books including Armageddon, Going to the Wars and Das Reich, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, then for six years he edited the Evening Standard. In his youth, he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his books and journalism, particularly his work in the South Atlantic in 1982. He was knighted in 2002 for services to journalism.