Max hastings is a good author, i have read a number of his other books and his straight talking impartial always came through. Max hastings is the author of twentysix books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editorinchief of the daily telegraph, then editor of the evening standard. Brings together the strategic and moral debate over the controversial bombing offensive against german cities. Bomber command paperback january 1, 1900 by max hastings author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Buy a cheap copy of bomber command book by max hastings. Raf bomber command was created in and comprised the rafs light and bomber aircraft were easy targets for enemy fighters and losses were heavy. The horror of world war one led the british to build a strategic air force as a means of avoiding the sorts of casualties faced in that war. To read the interview with sir max hastings, click on the subject headings on the right.
I read it in preparation for an upcoming trip to lincolnshire, where there is a museum on bomber command. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are all hell let loose, catastrophe and the secret war, bestsellers translated. In bomber command, originally published to critical acclaim in the u. Bomber command is his classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the war. He was among the first to declare that the british and later american bombing campaigns might have achieved their objective.
Books go search hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases. The battle for the falklands, bomber command, the korean. May 15, 2016 the secret war spies, cyphers and guerrillas 19391945 by max hastings illustrated. Jan 01, 1979 bomber command was one of his first books. One of the best books yet written about bomber command, hastings clearly and critically. Raf bomber commands offensive against the cities of germany was one of the epic campaigns of the second world war.
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