Keith Lowe

The road to firebombing Tokyo was paved with good intentions

Malcolm Gladwell describes how the American dream of precision bombing in the second world war, intended ultimately to save lives, spectacularly backfired

The firebombing of Tokyo in 1945. Credit: Alamy 
issue 05 June 2021
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    Allen Lane, pp. 256, £20

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