LEADER 03259nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910460002703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-05109-5 010 $a9786613051097 010 $a0-8032-3449-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069666 035 $a(EBL)635525 035 $a(OCoLC)699475345 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11310845 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527185 035 $a(PQKB)10537427 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC635525 035 $a(OCoLC)704517542 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL635525 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10438078 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305109 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069666 100 $a20100603d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeneficial bombing$b[electronic resource] $ethe progressive foundations of American air power, 1917-1945 /$fMark Clodfelter 210 $aLincoln $cUniversity of Nebraska Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in war, society, and the military 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-3398-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThe Progressive Era, marked by a desire for economic, political, and social reform, ended for most Americans with the ugly reality and devastation of World War I. Yet for Army Air Service officers, the carnage and waste witnessed on the western front only served to spark a new progressive movement-to reform war by relying on destructive technology as the instrument of change. In Beneficial Bombing Mark Clodfelter describes how American airmen, horrified by World War I's trench warfare, turned to the progressive ideas of efficiency and economy in an effort to reform war itself, with the heavy b 410 0$aStudies in war, society, and the military. 606 $aBombing, Aerial$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAir power$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPrecision bombing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBombing, Aerial$xHistory 615 0$aAir power$xHistory 615 0$aPrecision bombing$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xAerial operations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations. 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics)$xHistory 676 $a358.4/14097309041 700 $aClodfelter$b Mark$01032464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460002703321 996 $aBeneficial bombing$92450333 997 $aUNINA