This history of the WWII air war in Europe reflects both the inside story of a bomber pilot who was there and the broader perspective of an intensive study in the ensuing decades.  The book will grab readers from page one, with its engaging and electric storytelling and comprehensive understanding. It explores the bombing campaigns from several angles and scales of perspective, personal memoir to broader historical narratives. It covers the political causes of WWII, history of the development and deployment of aircraft in wars, types of aircraft used at different points in history with details of their construction and design, strategists and the military strategies and theories they developed involving air warfare, details of specific battles, and the effect of the air attacks in WWII on the countries and populations involved. It also explores the question of the morality of such attacks during wartime. It is a gripping read and a masterful narrative, the definitive work on the military strategy and experience that changed history.