The Destruction of Dresden
by Irving, David
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in good dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First U.S. edition/presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.. 255p., ill., 25 cm. Maps. Appendices. Sources. Index. Introduction by Lt. General Ira C. Eaker, USAF (Ret.). Eaker was the first U. S. Army Air Corps Bomber Commander in Europe and rose to command the Eighth Air Force from October 1942 to January 1944. Foreworc by Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby. This is an early work, increasingly scarce, by an author who has since become a controversial figure in terms of the Holocaust and the Second World War in general.
Synopsis
There can be few operations of war as causeless, as purposeless, and as brutal as the attack on Dresden during the night of February 13th, 1945.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63011
- Title
- The Destruction of Dresden
- Author
- Irving, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in good dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition/presumed first printing
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Strategic Bombing, Firestorm, Bomber Command, Chemnitz, Pathfinder Force, Fire-storm, Lindemann, Arthur Harris, Ira Eaker, Robert Saundby, Spaatz, Damage Assessment, Civilian Casualties
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