Presenting: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

04/27/21 • 16 min

Season 5 of Revisionist History included four episodes on the rise of air power during the Second World War. Listeners met Air Force generals Haywood Hansell and Curtis LeMay and heard about the birth of napalm and the firebombing of Tokyo. Malcolm couldn't get that story out of his mind, and so he built an entirely new audiobook around it. The Bomber Mafia.

The Bomber Mafia thought they could re-invent war, in part because of a reclusive genius named Carl Norden. In this excerpt, you hear more about him and his game changing invention, the Norden Bombsight.

If you loved those episodes, you'll be in history heaven with The Bomber Mafia. It features more archival footage, new writing, and enhanced scoring. It's a totally new experience. Purchase the audiobook at www.bombermafia.com, and you'll receive a free Listener's Guide featuring new commentary from Malcolm. Print and ebook editions available wherever books are sold.

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04/27/21 • 16 min

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Revisionist History - Presenting: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:15.316

Pushkin. Hello, Hello patient listeners. Malcolm Glabo here. Today is a very big day for me. It is the launch of by newest book, The Bomber Mafia, A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War. You can buy The Bomber Mafia from Audible or Apple Books or any place you usually get books, and it's available in print and ebook and audiobook, but I urge you to buy the audio directly from Bomber Mafia dot com. When you do, you'll