2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Changes to US "Precision Bombing" in Word War II-the Road to the Atomic Bombing
| Project/Area Number |
18520569
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima City University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANAKA Toshiyuki Hiroshima City University, 付置研究所, 教授 (10329336)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 無差別爆撃 / 戦略爆撃 / 大量虐殺 / 原爆投下 / 空爆理論 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project, I aimed to analyze the historical process of the escalation of indiscriminate bombing conducted by the US Army Air Force during World War II, which eventually culminated with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, despite its traditional and official strategy of "precision bombing" that dates from the 1930s. I tried to explain this historical process not only from the viewpoint of the changes in military strategy and national policy, but also by considering changes in the ethics of American citizens.
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