The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell Hardcover. The Bomber Mafia explores a group of maverick U.S. military thinkers during World War II who believed that precision bombing could change warfare forever—making it more strategic, more humane, and less reliant on ground invasions. Centered on figures like General Haywood Hansell and Curtis LeMay, Malcolm Gladwell contrasts idealism with brutal reality as he tells the story of how this revolutionary vision clashed with the necessities of war. Blending history, biography, and moral inquiry, Gladwell examines how technology, ambition, and unintended consequences shaped one of the most controversial military decisions of the 20th century.