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

Grayling, A. C.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747585024 ISBN 13: 9780747585022

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006

Riassunto

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0747585024
• ISBN 13: 9780747585022
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile