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When Pop History Bombs: A Response to Malcolm Gladwell’s Love Letter to American Air Power
A grossly simplified view of the United States bombing campaign over Japan in World War II favors dramatic personalities over the reality.
Cary Karacas
Cary Karacas is associate professor of geography at CUNY-College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center. With David Fedman, he maintains JapanAirRaids.org, a bilingual digital archive dedicated to the dissemination of information about the strategic bombing of Japan during World War II.