Reaching for the Stars - A History of Bomber Command

Informationen zum Autor Mark Connelly is Professor of History at the University of Kent, UK. Klappentext This book shows why Bomber Command! in one of the largest and bloodiest campaigns of World War II! with 55!000 aircrew lost and more officer fatalities than in World War I! has received so much attention and yet is still a "lost and black sheep" among British wartime glories. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign and is both a military history and an investigation of how the modern image has come about. Vorwort The role of Bomber Command in World War II is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign, serving as both a military history and an investigation into how modern perceptions of Bomber Command have come about. Zusammenfassung The role of Bomber Command in World War II is still shrouded in mystery. This book provides a new and revisionary narrative of the campaign, serving as both a military history and an investigation into how modern perceptions of Bomber Command have come about. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgements viiPreface to the New Paperback Introduction viiiChapter One: Hoping the Bomber will always get through 5Chapter Two: The Lion Tries His Wings, September 1939-February 17Chapter Three: Committing Britain to a Bomber War, February 1941 - Spring 1942 38Chapter Four: Unleashing the Whirlwind, February 1942-August 1943 63Chapter Five: Berlin, 'the Big City' 105Chapter Six: Achieving Victory, Spring 1944-May 1945 122Chapter Seven: Remembering and Misremembering, 1945-1999 138Conclusion 159Appendix A: Bomber Command and the War Artists Scheme 165Appendix B: Journey Together (1945) and The Way to the Stars (1945) 167Chronology Bomber Command 169Notes 176Bibliographical Notes 186Index 196

Product details

• Authors: Mark Connelly, Mark (University of Kent Connelly
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2001
• EAN: 9781860645914
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-591-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History: specific events & topics, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Air forces & warfare, British & Irish history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History: specific events and topics, Air forces and warfare, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater