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Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945 Hardcover – July 7, 2009

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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: NAL Hardcover; 1 edition (July 7, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 045122759X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451227591
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsDeath from Above
By William Holmes on August 23, 2009
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Randall Hansen's "Fire and Fury" is superb. The book begins with a riveting description of the British fire bombing of Hamburg in 1943, told from the perspective of the German civilians who suffocated in shelters and cellars, sank into molten asphalt while bursting into flame, boiled alive in Hamburg's canals or were sucked into the world's first fire storm by hurricane-force winds. 40,000 people died in one city in one night, and Hansen makes it painfully clear what it felt like to be on the receiving end of the British "area bombing" campaign.

Hansen carefully explains the differences between British and American strategy. For Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, the point of night time area bombing was to kill, injure and demoralize the workforce that served German industry. Destroying the factories themselves was fine, but only incidental to the primary mission of incapacitating the workers. The Americans, led by Generals Hap Arnold, Carl Spaatz, and Jimmy Doolittle, insisted on "precision" bombing, dropping their bombs in daylight on military targets like ball bearing factories, oil refineries, railroad marshalling yards and other critical infrastructure. They also insisted on engaging and destroying the Luftwaffe, something they did very effectively. The Americans also killed civilians, but that was a side effect rather than the goal of bombing. The US air forces only participated once in the bombing of a German city center (Berlin in February 1945), and then only over the protests of General Doolittle and other senior commanders.

It is hard to come away from "Fire and Fury" without disliking Bomber Harris.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA fresh look at a controversial subject
By BRIAN D. ONEILL on August 20, 2009
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In this book Randall Hansen attempts a fresh look at an old and controversial subject, the Allied bombing of Germany in WWII. A major goal of his work appears to be rehabilitating the reputations of America's bomber generals -- Arnold, Spaatz, Eaker, and Doolittle -- at the expense of their British counterparts. The emphasis throughout is how the Americans were right, and essentially moral, in their strategic focus on "daylight precision bombing" as a means of winning the war against the Germans. In contrast the British--especially "Bomber" Harris and Portal, his nominal superior--were wrong and almost criminal in the way they conducted and/or condoned area bombing and mass destruction of German cities during the latter stages of the conflict.

Hansen clearly offers an alternative interpretation of events compared to works like Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II by Ronald Shaffer, which reflects academic thought in the 1980s on the Combined Bomber Offensive. Shaffer's thesis was that the Americans and British had more in common in their bombing goals than was suggested by the simplistic "American precision bombing good, British area bombing bad" equation, and that neither side's "bomber barons" gave much thought to the morality of what they were doing. Thus, Shaffer argued, their sins were the same, differing only in degree.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsBALANCED VIEW
By Kay's Husband on August 10, 2009
Format: Hardcover
This recent release on the allied bombing of Germany, the years 1942 through 1945, offers a balanced view of the entire activity, while in addition offers collateral information on, for example, the Battle of the Bulge.

The book gives insight into the men who directed the overall bombing on both the British and the American sides. While the British continually wanted to have the Americans join in their nighttime bombing, we felt bombing around the clock was better, hitting the Reich both during the day and at night. Losses were expected to be higher with daytime bombing while greater success was expected. Concentrating and contrasting nighttime bombing (area bombing) by the British with and to daylight bombing (precision bombing) by the Americans the author examines the carpet bombing and mass destruction of city after city by "Bomber" Harris on the British side with the more precision bombing of oil and ball bearings on the American side. The author shows quite clearly that destruction of cities did not bring the war to a speedy end as Harris continually said but the destruction of essentials such as oil and ball bearings, and this is a long shot, could have brought the war to an end by possibly late 1943. Maybe, but taking the essentials away from Albert Speer and the Reich did hurt the Nazi war effort more than the city bombing and waste that killed German civilians by the score, while incidentally causing not only mass homelessness, resistance and anger throughout Germany. Just as with civilians of Rotterdam, Coventry, and London, the people of Germany stiffened in their behavior and resistance to post area bombing with its needless destruction.Read more ›
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Well research account of our worst history!
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Published 23 months ago by Dr. Ronald Cutburth
5.0 out of 5 starsA great work on World War II well worth reading.

A well written and important contribution to the air war against Germany in World War II. Hansen's book is arguably the best one-volume work on the subject.

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5.0 out of 5 starsMasterfully written

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Published on October 28, 2014 by Frost
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Published on May 30, 2014 by George Haber
5.0 out of 5 starsexcellent account

Very thorough but lively. Offered the perspectives of those doing the bombing and those unfortunates being bombed. Thought provoking read.

Published on March 18, 2014 by Peter Van Houten
5.0 out of 5 starsa tragedy to have bombed civillian refugees

we should never have bombed the refugees seeking refuge from the war,their only crime was being german in a war.this was a great crime of humanity. a must read!

Published on April 2, 2013 by thomas mcintyre
4.0 out of 5 starsA Worse War Prevented?

I enjoyed reading this book. It is well written, informative, and provocative. With that said let me say ths about my gut reaction to "Fire and Fury";
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