- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 347 p.) : ill., maps.
- Uniform Title
- Science of bombing (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Science of bombing (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-332) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction. Commanders, Headquarters, and Decision Making -- 1. Strategic Bombing: When Theory and Practice Do Not Match -- 2. Operational Research: Finding a Solution through Science -- 3. Boffins at Bomber Command: September 1941 -- 4. Sorting Out Process and Producing Results: September 1941-February 1942 -- 5. Arthur Harris and a New Beginning: February-December 1942 -- 6. Concentration and Other Curatives: February-December 1942 -- 7. Putting Concepts to the Test: January-February 1943 -- 8. New Concepts, Old Targets - The Ruhr: March-June 1943 -- 9. Hamburg and New Science: July-October 1943 -- 10. Science versus Attrition - Berlin: November 1943-March 1944 -- 11. Debates Both Political and Technical: April 1944-May 1945 -- 12. Round-the-Clock Bombing: April 1944-May 1945 -- 13. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Britain and Northwest Europe: Selected Bomber Command Targets -- Appendix 2. Clossary of Operational Terminology -- Appendix 3. Air Ministry and Bomber Command Headquarters Organization Charts -- Appendix 4. Air Ministry and Bomber Command Appoinuuents -- Appendix 5. Air Staff Directive to Bomber Command, 13 July 1940 -- Appendix 6. Principal Bomber Command Aircraft -- Appendix 7. Bomber Command ORS Senior Personnel -- Appendix 8. Bombing Techniques -- Illustration section follows page 182.
- LCCN
- 2010294232
- OCLC
- ssj0000478790
- Author
Wakelam, Randall T. (Randall Thomas), 1953-
- Title
The science of bombing [electronic resource] : operational research in RAF Bomber Command / Randall T. Wakelam.
- Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-332) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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