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.
- ISBN10 1842775421
- ISBN13 9781842775424
- Publish Date 5 May 2006
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Zed Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English