A daring literary and historical look at the ideologies of war and
violence, by the author of "Exterminate All the Brutes". On November
1, 1911, over the North African oasis Tagiura, Lieutenant Giulio
Cavotti leaned out of the cockpit of his primitive aircraft and
dropped a Haasen hand grenade. Thus began one of the most devastating
military tactics of the twentieth century: aerial bombing. With this
point of entry, Sven Lindqvist, the author of the highly acclaimed
"Exterminate All the Brutes," presents a cleverly constructed and
innovative history. A History of Bombing tells the fascinating
stories behind the development of air power, bombs, and the laws of
war and international justice, demonstrating how the practices of the
two world wars were born from colonial warfare.
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