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Zusatztext [An] important work ... This excellent book adds a fresh perspective onto what is a well-trodden path in the historiography of the Second World War. Informationen zum Autor Peter Gray is RAeS Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. Klappentext An examination of the strategic leadership and legitimacy of the RAF bombing offensive against Germany in the Second World War. It offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's strategic bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign. Vorwort An examination of the strategic leadership and legitimacy of the RAF bombing offensive against Germany in the Second World War. Zusammenfassung An examination of the strategic leadership and legitimacy of the RAF bombing offensive against Germany in the Second World War. It offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's strategic bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction2. The Intellectual Context3. The Organisational Context4. From Disarmament to the Outbreak of War5. From the Outbreak of War to Area Bombing6. The Strategic and Grand-Strategic Dimensions, 1942-457. The Strategic and Operational Interface, 1942-458. The Strategic Leadership ChallengeAppendicesBibliographyIndex
