Full Description
Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of choice in World War II. Beau Grosscup shows that such methods, used initially as a means of terrorizing native populations in Africa and the Middle East, have become the primary form of terrorism in more recent decades. While such 'strategic terror' is not classed as 'terrorism' in the West, this reflects an unwillingness to confront the human costs and immorality of aerial bombardment. Grosscup argues that if terrorism is to be diminished, the role of aerial bombing in sustaining global violence must be recognized.
Contents
1. Shock and Awe!! Shock and Awe!!2. The Origins of Strategic Bombing3. Who is to be Bombed? The Self and Other in Imperial Culture4. Strategic Bombing Comes of Age5. Cold War Strategic Bombing: From Korea to Vietnam6. Terrorists in the Bombsites7. Strategic Bombing in the 1990s8. Bombing to Win: 9/11 and the War on Terrorism9. Dodging the Terrorism Label10. Terror from the Skies
