The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command - Softcover

Wakelam, Randall T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802096298 ISBN 13: 9780802096296

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

After suffering devastating losses in the early stages of the Second World War, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force established an Operational Research Section within bomber command in order to drastically improve the efficiency of bombing missions targeting Germany. In The Science of Bombing, Randall Wakelam explores the work of civilian scientists who found critical solutions to the navigational and target-finding problems and crippling losses that initially afflicted the RAF.

Drawing on previously unexamined files that re-assess the efficacy of strategic bombing from tactical and technical perspectives, Wakelam reveals the important role scientific research and advice played in operational planning and how there existed a remarkable intellectual flexibility at Bomber Command. A fascinating glimpse into military strategy and decision-making, The Science of Bombing will find a wide audience among those interested in air power history as well as military strategists, air force personnel, and aviation historians.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Randall Wakelam served in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as a tactical helicopter pilot and educator for more than four decades; he has taught and written about air power and leadership for the past twenty-five years and is now an associate professor emeritus of the Department of History at Royal Military College.


Randall T. Wakelam is the director of research and symposia at the Canadian Forces College and an assistant professor of Defence Studies with the Royal Military College.

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"The Science of Bombing illustrates the ways in which science was used by the Royal Air Force’s Operational Research Section at Bomber Command in the Second World War. This book challenges some of the more enduring critiques of Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, and demonstrates that he was in fact a very innovative and flexible commander. It represents a far more detailed examination than anything previously attempted." Sebastian Ritchie, Air Historical Branch, Royal Air Force

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0802096298
• ISBN 13: 9780802096296
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
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