40 pages • 1 hour read
Malcolm GladwellA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
The third chapter presents an overview of the different philosophies toward bombing between the US and Great Britain. When British prime minister Winston Churchill met American president Franklin Roosevelt in Casablanca, in 1943, to discuss war strategy, Churchill convinced his American counterpart to end their daytime bombing of Germany and join the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in carrying out nighttime bombing only. The reasoning was that the RAF had neither faith nor interest in precision bombing. Instead, they favored “area bombing” or “morale bombing”—that is, widespread, indiscriminate bombing over a large area intended to break the morale of the people, who would then pressure the German government to surrender.
Ira Eaker, a member of the Bomber Mafia, oversaw American bombers in Britain, the Eighth Air Force. General Hap Arnold, commander of all US air power, was with Roosevelt in Casablanca, and he summoned Eaker when he learned of Churchill’s demand. Eaker refused to give up easily, though, and once in Casablanca proceeded to petition Churchill to change his mind. He finally won over the prime minister with the argument that if the RAF bombed Germany at night and the Americans bombed during the day, the enemy would never get a reprieve.
By Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Malcolm Gladwell
Books on U.S. History
View Collection
Canadian Literature
View Collection
Good & Evil
View Collection
Memorial Day Reads
View Collection
Military Reads
View Collection
Mortality & Death
View Collection
New York Times Best Sellers
View Collection
The Best of "Best Book" Lists
View Collection
War
View Collection
World War II
View Collection