Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. Preparing for War
2. The European Air War September 1939-41
3. The European Air War 1941-45
4. The Air War in the Far East
5. The Strategic Bombing Offensives
6. Leadership Organization, and Training
7. The Aircraft Economies
8. Science, Research, and Intelligence
9. Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Richard J. Overy, D. Phil., is a professor of modern European history at King's College, London. An award-winning historian, he has published numerous other books on World War II, including Why the Allies Won; The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality; Interrogations: The Nazi Elite in Allied Hands, 1945; and Russia's War: A History of the Soviet War Effort, 1941-1945. He lives in London.

Reviews

"An important and successful book."

"Essential reading for all military historians."

"Highly effective. The result, as so often with sound scholarship, is the ruthless dispelling of myths."

"Essential reading for all military historians." --JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY