EP13 Gladwell and the Bomber Mafia

Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell joins Dan to discuss the development of U.S. precision bombing ideas, Curtis LeMay and the firebombing of Japanese cities.

tags:Second world war, World War II, Curtis Lemay, Air Force, precision bombing, strategic bombing, fire bombing, Tokyo bombing, nuclear weapons, atomic bomb, history, Malcolm Gladwell, bomber mafia

Notes:
1. Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell – https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobook/bomber-mafia/
2. Revisionist History – https://feeds.megaphone.fm/revisionisthistory
3. Dan Carlin’s Destroyer of Worlds – https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-59-the-destroyer-of-worlds/
4. Dan Carlin’s Logical Insanity – https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-42-blitz-logical-insanity/
5. Dan Carlin’s Logical Insanity Extra – https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-extra-logical-insanity/
6. “The wizards of Armageddon” by Fred Kaplan – https://amzn.to/3vq8bc1

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