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The Bomber Mafia

A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
  • Malcolm Gladwell
2021
Little, Brown and Company

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Featured Excerpts

  • Black and white photograph of a town destroyed by firebombs.
    Book Review

    A Man-Made Disaster

    There has never been a moral and historical reckoning with the horrors inflicted by the Allied firebombing of Japan during World War II.
    by Joshua Hammer via New York Review of Books
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on March 19, 2026
  • An American propaganda leaflet dropped ahead of Curtis LeMay’s firebomb campaign over Japan.
    Book Review

    Narrative Napalm

    Malcolm Gladwell’s apologia for American butchery.
    by Noah Kulwin via The Baffler
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on May 17, 2021

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An aerial view of a firebombed area in Tokyo in 1945.

When Tokyo Burned

“Paper City” explores the forgotten firebombing of Japan’s capital.
by Spencer Cohen via Foreign Policy
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on May 29, 2022
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