Monday, October 13, 2025

The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

 "A dream, a temptation, and the longest night of the Second World War."

Published in 2021. Read by the author.

An audiobook produced like a theatre performance, with sound effects, background music, and original voice recordings.

An interesting story of the discovery of napalm and its use in firebombing Japanese cities.

A story of the futile development of a mechanical targeting computer by a Dutch engineer Carl Norton - the 3rd most expensive project in American WW2 developments (the Manhattan project is #1, B-29 is #2).

A story of the insanely ineffective attempts to bomb Japan using planes launching from India, and flying over the bump - the Himalayas.

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