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Bomber Command (Pan Grand Strategy Series) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Pan Books; New Edition edition (12 Nov 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0330392042
ISBN-13: 978-0330392044
Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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An account which traces the development of area bombing, using documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of World War II.

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4.0 out of 5 stars BOMBER COMMAND by MAx Hastings, 28 Aug 2000

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...Yes, the campaign was costly, and yes, it was cruel, in tems of the number of Allied airmen who lost their lives. But pointless? No, and to say it was, does nothing but trivialise the huge loss of life endured by those who served in Bomber Command. The book itself is one of the more accurate portrayals of Bomber Command, and should be on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in the subject. Sometimes brutally honest, and portraying facts that we might not like to admit, it nevertheless gives the whole story. We must not forget that Bomber Command provided us with the ONLY way to strike directly at Germany from June 1940 until June 1944, and the author readily acknowledges this fact when detailing occasions when things went wrong. Non-sensationalist and factual, overall, a good, recommended, buy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, painful account on 'forgotten' campaign, 4 Jan 2001

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I always think of Max Hastings as that bloke on Question Time with the pinstripe suits that have the stripes just a little too wide.

Pity he has to waste his time with all that journalism, his real forte is military history and I think he should stick to it.

This is an extremely good book that manages to convey the appalling unreality that must have been the lot of bomber crews who knew they only had a few months to live - at best and yet conveys a proper appreciation of 'Bomber' Harris and his vital role in maintaining British morale when all we had to hit back at the Germans were the bombing raids of dubious accuracy and effectiveness. The sense of theatre that Harris brought to the job - with his 1,000 bomber raids and his uncompromising public statements - is well chronicled here.

But when Hastings describes the carnage of the raid at Darmstadt - a really boring little raid by Bomber Command standards - you feel real revulsion about what was done in the name of freedom.

Great stuff. Well worth buying.

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5.0 out of 5 stars History brought to life, 16 Dec 2004

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This a truly excellent book written by a man with that rare combination of historian and writer. So many historians just cannot bring a story to life but Max Hastings is an exception. I found the book more of a page turner than the thriller 'Da Vinci Code' which is written by someone who is neither writer nor historian. Bomber Command is a dispassionate appraisal of its value to the Allied victory in WW2.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bomber Command
Good coverage both from the political/leadership side and the men that flew on the operations. Easy to read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bomber Command by Max Hastings
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Published 7 months ago by CherryBee

5.0 out of 5 stars Bomber Command
This book is a very good read.It gives very detailed accounts of how the bombing offensive of the RAF was created. Read more

Published 23 months ago by Spitfire Sam

4.0 out of 5 stars You Reap what you Sow.
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Published on 10 Oct 2006 by Andrew Moules

5.0 out of 5 stars painful and pitiful account of the airwar
Max Hastings has delivered both a factual and moving account of what the war did to the RAF as well as what the RAF did to the war. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent readable and fascinating military history.
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