Thale, Eric. Dresden Royal Air Force Air Power Review 5:94-148 Spring 2002.
THE
BOMBING OF DRESDEN
ASBC
Briefing Topics
June 2005
Compiled by Terry Kiss
Bibliographer, Air
University Library
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The Bombing of Dresden in World War II. Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia,
Available online at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II
Historical Analysis of the 14-15 February 1945 Bombings on Dresden. Maxwell AFB, AL, USAF Historical Division. Research Studies Institute. Air University,
Available online at: http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/PopTopics/dresden.htm
Books
Irving, David John Cawdell. The Destruction of Dresden. London, W. Kimber, 1963. 255 p.
Book call no.: 940.5442 I72d
McKee, Alexander. Dresden 1941: The Devil's Tinderbox. New York, Dutton, 1984. 334 p.
Book call no.: 940.5421
Taylor, Frederick. Dresden, Tuesday, February 13, 1945. New York, HarperCollins, 2004. 518 p.
Today the bombing of Dresden is embedded in our collective consciousness not as the toppling blow to Nazi Germany but as one of history's cruelest wartime atrocities, a vicious and militarily unjustifiable act of vengeful retribution against a peaceful, beautiful, defenseless city somehow removed from the war-making machinery that had otherwise consumed all of Germany. What really happened at Dresden - both the facts of the events themselves and the reasons behind the remarkable legacy of propaganda that has left us in the dark about those events for nearly sixty years - is the subject of Frederick Taylor's groundbreaking study.
Book call no.: 940.542 T241d
Willcocks, Raymond H. The Ethics of Bombing Dresden. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U. S. Army War College, 1998 30. (p)
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA346302
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 W697e
Biddle, Tami Davis. Sifting Dresden's Ashes. Wilson Quarterly 29:60-80 Spring 2005.
Analyzes the motive for the aerial bombing in Dresden, Germany in 1945 and the events surrounding it. Implications of the absence of debate on the strategy to be used to counter German war effort; Approach adopted by the British and U.S. armed forces in bombing the city; Controversy on the manner of bombing stirred by war correspondent Howard Cowan of the periodical "Associated Press."
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=16805484
Grant, Rebecca. The Dresden Legend. Air Force Magazine 87 :64-69 October 2004.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/oct2004/1004dresden.asp
Gray, Peter W. Dresden 1945 -- Just Another Raid? Royal Air Force Air Power Review 4:1-14 Spring 2001.
Haskew, Michael E. Debate Still Rages Over the Effectiveness of the Allied Strategic Bombing Offensive in Europe. World War II 12:6 March 1998.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=565010&db=aph
Jenkins, Simon. Dresden: Time to Say We're Sorry. Wall Street Journal p. A-22 February 14, 1995.
Also available online at: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=000000004634671&SrchMode=5&Fmt=3&retrieveGroup=0&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&x=-&VName=PQD&TS=1069451787&clientId=417
Muradian, Vago. Dresden "One of the Great Ironies" of War. Air Force Times 55:21 February 27, 1995.
Criticizes Allied bombing of Dresden, Germany during World War II. Perspective of Great Britain's Royal Air Force and Army Air Forces on the issue; German affection for the city's culture and history; Civilian and military casualties; Making fire bombing attack work.
Thale, Eric. Dresden Royal Air Force Air Power Review 5:94-148 Spring 2002.
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