Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime?
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/04/2006
In the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States of America carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan, ending with the destruction of Hamburg and Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in fact, a crime against humanity? This is now one of the last great remaining controversies of that time. And it matters, argues A. C. Grayling, 'that history is got right before it distorts into legend'. Among the Dead Cities is both a lucid and revealing work of modern history and an urgent moral investigation. Grayling asks what are the lessons that we can learn for today about how people should behave in a world of tension and moral confusion, of terriorism and bitter rivalries.
- ISBN:
- 9780747576716
- 9780747576716
- Category:
- European history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-04-2006
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156mm
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