THE BOMBER MAFIA: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

Gladwell steps back from the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of WWII and asks: Was it worth it? The attack was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose scorched earth tactics cost tens of thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared more by averting a planned U.S. invasion.