by A. C. Grayling (Author)
In the course of WWII, the air forces of Britain and the United States of America carried out a massive bombing offensive against the cities of Germany and Japan, ending with the destruction of Hamburg and Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was it justified by the necessities of war? Or was it, in fact, a crime against humanity? This is now one of the last great remaining controversies of that time. And it matters, argues A. C. Grayling, 'that history is got right before it distorts into legend'. Among the Dead Cities is both a lucid and revealing work of modern history and an urgent moral investigation. Grayling asks what are the lessons that we can learn for today about how people should behave in a world of tension and moral confusion, of terriorism and bitter rivalries.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 20 Feb 2006
ISBN 10: 0747576718
ISBN 13: 9780747576716
Book Overview: Very high profile author - major publicity and review coverage guaranteed Hugely controversial and topical subject -sure to attract comment beyond the books pages Sales of World War II books are consistently high and Among the Dead Cities covers an aspect of this subject never fully covered before