
Gladwell's "The Bomber Mafia" explores WWII's moral dilemma: precision bombing versus LeMay's devastating firebombing campaign. Originally an audiobook with 500,000+ copies sold, it asks: Was killing thousands justified to potentially save millions? Even critics can't stop debating this haunting question.
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Picture this: January 1945, on the remote island of Guam. General Haywood Hansell-brilliant, principled, a poet at heart-receives devastating news from his superior. "This isn't working. You're out." His replacement? Curtis LeMay, a man so intimidating that his mere presence made rooms fall silent. These two men, standing awkwardly together in a tropical paradise turned wartime airbase, represented opposing visions of how air power might reshape warfare. Their conflict would determine whether bombing could be both effective and moral-a question that still haunts military planners today. The handover wasn't just a personnel change. It marked a pivotal moment when technological dreams collided with harsh reality, forcing a moral reckoning: Would America stick to its principles of precision bombing, even if it meant prolonging the war? Or would it embrace a more brutal approach that promised quicker victory at a terrible ethical cost?
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
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