Conrad C. Crane is chief historical services, US Army Heritage and Education Center, US Army War College. He is the author of American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950–1953, also from Kansas. He is the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime contributions to the field of military history.

• List of IllustrationsList of AcronymsPreface1. Introduction2. Developing Doctrine3. From Doctrine to Practice: Executing the Air Offensive against Germany4. Attitudes of Leaders and the Public5. Attitudes and Perceptions of the American Airmen6. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Bombing Aids7. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Better Bombs8. The Lure of the Deathblow in Europe9. Delivering the Deathblow to Germany10. Torching Japan11. Strategic Airpower in Limited Wars12. LogisticsAppendix: Suggested Reply to Letters Questioning Humanitarian Aspects of Air ForceNotesBibliographyIndex

This is the definitive work on the moral, ethical, and practical considerations surrounding the American heavy-bomber effort during the Second World War." - Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. author of The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II"The book is now, more than ever, one of the essential works on American bombing in the Second World War." - Tami Davis Biddle, author of Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare"Crane combines new findings, a complete grasp of the latest scholarship, and an awareness of the difficult choices facing military strategists. This will be one of the most significant air power books of the decade." - Richard R. Muller, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

Conrad C. Crane is chief historical services, US Army Heritage and Education Center, US Army War College. He is the author of American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950–1953, also from Kansas. He is the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime contributions to the field of military history.

• List of IllustrationsList of AcronymsPreface1. Introduction2. Developing Doctrine3. From Doctrine to Practice: Executing the Air Offensive against Germany4. Attitudes of Leaders and the Public5. Attitudes and Perceptions of the American Airmen6. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Bombing Aids7. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Better Bombs8. The Lure of the Deathblow in Europe9. Delivering the Deathblow to Germany10. Torching Japan11. Strategic Airpower in Limited Wars12. LogisticsAppendix: Suggested Reply to Letters Questioning Humanitarian Aspects of Air ForceNotesBibliographyIndex

This is the definitive work on the moral, ethical, and practical considerations surrounding the American heavy-bomber effort during the Second World War." - Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. author of The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II"The book is now, more than ever, one of the essential works on American bombing in the Second World War." - Tami Davis Biddle, author of Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare"Crane combines new findings, a complete grasp of the latest scholarship, and an awareness of the difficult choices facing military strategists. This will be one of the most significant air power books of the decade." - Richard R. Muller, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

Conrad C. Crane is chief historical services, US Army Heritage and Education Center, US Army War College. He is the author of American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950–1953, also from Kansas. He is the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime contributions to the field of military history.

• List of IllustrationsList of AcronymsPreface1. Introduction2. Developing Doctrine3. From Doctrine to Practice: Executing the Air Offensive against Germany4. Attitudes of Leaders and the Public5. Attitudes and Perceptions of the American Airmen6. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Bombing Aids7. The Lure of Technological Innovation: Better Bombs8. The Lure of the Deathblow in Europe9. Delivering the Deathblow to Germany10. Torching Japan11. Strategic Airpower in Limited Wars12. LogisticsAppendix: Suggested Reply to Letters Questioning Humanitarian Aspects of Air ForceNotesBibliographyIndex

This is the definitive work on the moral, ethical, and practical considerations surrounding the American heavy-bomber effort during the Second World War." - Robert S. Ehlers, Jr. author of The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II"The book is now, more than ever, one of the essential works on American bombing in the Second World War." - Tami Davis Biddle, author of Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare"Crane combines new findings, a complete grasp of the latest scholarship, and an awareness of the difficult choices facing military strategists. This will be one of the most significant air power books of the decade." - Richard R. Muller, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies