03259nam 2200721Ia 450 991046000270332120200520144314.01-283-05109-597866130510970-8032-3449-X(CKB)2670000000069666(EBL)635525(OCoLC)699475345(SSID)ssj0000482950(PQKBManifestationID)11310845(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482950(PQKBWorkID)10527185(PQKB)10537427(MiAaPQ)EBC635525(OCoLC)704517542(MdBmJHUP)muse2477(Au-PeEL)EBL635525(CaPaEBR)ebr10438078(CaONFJC)MIL305109(EXLCZ)99267000000006966620100603d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeneficial bombing[electronic resource] the progressive foundations of American air power, 1917-1945 /Mark ClodfelterLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20101 online resource (390 p.)Studies in war, society, and the militaryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-3398-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Genesis in the Great War -- Progressive prophecy -- From prophecy to plan -- Breaching fortress Europe, 1942-43 -- Bludgeoning with bombs : Germany, 1944-45 -- Fire from the sky : Japan, 1944-45 -- Progressive legacies.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 bStudies in war, society, and the military.Bombing, AerialUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAir powerUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPrecision bombingUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Aerial operationsWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operationsProgressivism (United States politics)History20th centuryElectronic books.Bombing, AerialHistoryAir powerHistoryPrecision bombingHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Aerial operations.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations.Progressivism (United States politics)History358.4/14097309041Clodfelter Mark1032464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460002703321Beneficial bombing2450333UNINA