Summary of Fred M. Kaplan's The Bomb

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Second World War was the first war in which air power played a major role. The generation of Army airmen who came of age in the 1930s were enthralled by the theories of the Italian and American generals, Giulio Douhet and Billy Mitchell, who saw air power as the decisive force in wars of the future. #2 The history of the A-bomb is the history of the generals trying to make it a military weapon after all. I