Terror From the Sky

Igor Primoratz is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Canberra. His publications include Banquos Geist: Hegels Theorie der Strafe (Bouvier, 1986), Justifying Legal Punishment (Humanities Press, 1989, 1997), and Ethics and Sex (Routledge, 1999), and a number of edited books, including Terrorism: The Philosophical Issues (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) and Civilian Immunity in War (Oxford University Press, 2007).

• ContributorsIntroductionIgor PrimoratzPart I: The bombingChapter 1. The bombing campaign: the RAFStephen A. GarrettChapter 2. The bombing campaign: the USAAFDouglas LackeyChapter 3. Under the bombsEarl R. BeckChapter 4. FirestormMartin MiddlebrookPart II: The moral issuesChapter 5. Can the bombing be morally justified?Igor PrimoratzChapter 6. Four types of mass murderer: Stalin, Hitler, Churchill, TrumanDouglas LackeyChapter 7. Was it genocidal?Eric Markusen and David KopfPart III: The debatesChapter 8. The British debateMark ConnellyChapter 9. The German debateLothar KettenackerIndex

“Terror from the Sky raises a number of interesting questions about the often overlooked practical and moral implications of the Allied bombing of Germany. It draws our attention to the morally contentious aspects of the campaign and explains why this subject has received so little attention up until now.”  ·  English Historical Review“This is an interesting, informative, and important work. Overall, the quality of the essays is very high, and the focus of the book is on a topic of great importance.”  ·  Stephen Nathanson, Northeastern University