n° 14 en Histoire
The Bomber Mafia
- 256
- Pages
- environ 4,5 h
- Temps de lecture
- Best-seller du NYT · 12 semaines dans la liste, meilleur classement n° 2
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À propos du livre
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War is a 2021 book by Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell that examines the US Bomber Mafia of World War II, which advocated precision aerial bombing as a means to win a war. Gladwell stated the audiobook for The Bomber Mafia came about as an expansion of material from his podcast Revisionist History, and that the print book originated from the audiobook. The book follows the Bomber Mafia, especially Major General Haywood S. Hansell, and the development of a high-altitude precision aerial bombardment strategy in World War II as a means to limit casualties. After difficulties in applying the Bomber Mafia's theoretical strategy, Major General Hansell was replaced by Major General Curtis LeMay, who utilized tactical changes such as attacking Japanese population centers with napalm to ensure a Japanese surrender. Upon release, The Bomber Mafia was met with mixed reviews, with reviewers praising its audiobook version but criticizing the book for a lack of detail and factual accuracy.
D'où vient le score
Les sources donnent une moyenne de 7,7 sur 167 notes, encore peu nombreuses : le vote des lecteurs pèse 53 % et le reste tire vers la moyenne de Histoire (8,0). D'où 7,9.
| Source | Moyenne | Notes | Poids |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8,3 | 8 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7,7 | 159 | 95% |
Avis de lecteurs
Les critiques les plus appréciées sur Hardcover (créditées).
“I listened to this as an audiobook, which makes the most sense because it was originally an audio script and then turned into a book. It's almost like a 5-hour podcast with inserted interviews and sound effects. Of the World Wars, I'm much more interested…”
Questions fréquentes
Combien de pages fait The Bomber Mafia ?
Il compte 256 pages — plus court que 81 % des livres classés en Histoire.
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Les thèmes que ce livre partage avec d’autres ; chacun mène aux meilleurs livres sur le sujet.
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Le même rayon — Histoire — avec des notes entre 7,7 et 8,3, les plus proches de ce livre.
