Among the Dead Cities: Was the Allied Bombing of Civilians in WWII a Necessity or a Crime? - Hardcover

Grayling, A. C.

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ISBN 10: 0747576718 ISBN 13: 9780747576716

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006

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Praise for A.C. Grayling 'Grayling is particularly good at illuminating the knottiness of moral discourse' Sunday Times 'Grayling writes with clarity, elegance and the occasional aphoristic twist, conscious of standing in that long essayistic tradition that runs from Montaigne and Bacon to Emerson and Thoreau' Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph

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In the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States of America carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan, ending with the destruction of Hamburg and Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in fact, a crime against humanity? This is now one of the last great remaining controversies of that time. And it matters, argues A. C. Grayling, 'that history is got right before it distorts into legend'. Among the Dead Cities is both a lucid and revealing work of modern history and an urgent moral investigation. Grayling asks what are the lessons that we can learn for today about how people should behave in a world of tension and moral confusion, of terriorism and bitter rivalries.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0747576718
• ISBN 13: 9780747576716
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384